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Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge – Longest Bridge in the world!

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After many projects that started breaking bridge-building records from all around the world, the Chinese government might think let’s break another one. (lol)

So, The construction of the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge wasn’t an easy task. Being a mega dream project of china, it was expected to bring a rocket blast in China’s communication infrastructure. Since 2000, China transformed its industrial capabilities to such levels that they quickly started building massive public and industrial transport lines that connected their major industrial hubs one to another.

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge (from http://travetrilengle.com)

Continuously R&D in Rail Transport and Public Transport sector, Chinese companies gained the incredible capabilities to create bridges of all shapes and sizes. This revolution of bridge building enabled them to construct small or big bridges in a short time while many countries even think about it. For a while, China had been planning to construct several long bridges. To fulfill that dream, they planned it and then just do it in reality.

Longest Bridge in the world

However, With the construction of the Longest Bridge in the world – Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, China easily overcame its massive public and industrial transportation system. Really, This bridge plays a crucial role to connect the country’s leading industrial hubs. Today we will know about the Longest Bridge in the world – Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge’s facts, purpose to make it, designer, specifications & many more. So, here we go…

Introducing first

The building of the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge lasted 4 years, using the workforce about 10 thousand people and resources that reached the cost of $8.5 billion. While the bridge contraction was finished on November 15, 2010, the grand opening happened in June of 2011 (Since then the public transport was allowed on the bridge). It is 164.8 kilometers long, has a span of 260 feet, and average height from the ground of around 100 feet (31 meters).

After the opening ceremony, it broke the past records of all other bridges, including the largest water bridge in Louisiana (24 miles long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway). On the way of this bridge, it’s parallel to the flow of the Yangtze River, between 5 to 50 miles (8 to 80 kilometers) on the south of it.

The striking part of the bridge is its 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) section that goes across the open waters of Yangcheng Lake in Suzhou. This section was built on top of 2000 pillars, steel cables, and an impressive 450,000 tons of steel structure. It has been constructed so strong that it can resist not only natural disasters such as typhoons and magnitude 8.0 earthquakes but also direct impacts from naval vessels that weigh up to 300,000 tons.

Even though it may have lost its title as the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge, to the recently built Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, it is still a world record holder!!!

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What is the purpose of this bridge?

The Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is actually a part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway. Previously, where it took 4 ½ hours to travel from Ningbo to Jiaxing through public transport but now this has been cut to just two hours as a consequence of the Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge. However, another purpose of this bridge was to transport trains on one of China’s premier high-speed railways over a massive distance. Nowadays, it becomes the tourist attraction of China.

Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge designer

Who or, which company makes this biggest bridge in the world? Well, the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Company, was behind the project. This is a Chinese government-funded company which was originally part of the Foreign Aid Office of the Ministry of Communications of China. This is a company that leads major civil engineering projects in China including highways, railways, bridges, ports, and tunnels. [Source: engineeringclicks]

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge – Longest Bridge in the world

What type of bridge the Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge is?

It is classified as a viaduct because it consists of several small sections. The viaduct is a type of bridge. It is made of multiple small spans that are built to cross physical obstacles like a valley, water, or road. So, not all bridges are viaducts but all viaducts are bridges. The largest body of water Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge crosses is Yangcheng Lake, spanning an area of about 5½ miles.

The Journey of Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge?

The journey of the bridge takes in canals, rivers, lowland rice paddies, lakes, and uneven terrain as well as major towns and cities. It is difficult to understand how engineers were able to design such a phenomenon.

“In Brief“

Construction started: 2006
Completed: 2010
Total length: 164,800 meters
Opened: June 30, 2011
Project cost: 8.5 billion dollars
Body of water: Yangcheng Lake
Bridge type: Viaduct
Capacity: 18 million visitors annually
Average height from the ground: 100 feet
Average width: 260 feet
Location: Nanjing, Shanghai

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge

Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge Facts?

We will now take a look at some highlights of the basic facts regarding the Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge, so let’s know about it:

  • Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge was opened on June 30, 2011, while its construction was started in 2006 and finished in 2010.
  • The bridge cost a staggering $8.5 billion to build which works out at around $51 million per kilometer

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