Chaotianmen Bridge

Chaotianmen Bridge
Official name	Chaotianmen Bridge
Carries	Trains, Motor vehicles, pedestrians
Crosses	Yangtze and Jialing Rivers
Locale	Chongqing, China
Design	Arch bridge
Total length	1,741 m (5,712 ft)
Width	36.5 m (120 ft)
Height	142 m (466 ft)
Longest span	552 m (1,811 ft)
Construction begin	December 2004
Construction end	29 April 2009
Opened	30 April 2009
Coordinates	29°35′20″N 106°34′38″E / 29.5888709°N 106.5772104°E / 29.5888709; 106.5772104Coordinates: 29°35′20″N 106°34′38″E / 29.5888709°N 106.5772104°E / 29.5888709; 106.5772104

The Chaotianmen Bridge (朝天门长江大桥), which spans the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, is the world's longest arch bridge, opened on April 29, 2009.^[1] It has a main span of 552 metres (1,811 ft) and a total length of 1,741 m (5,712 ft).^{[2] [3]}

See also

	People's Republic of China portal
	Bridges portal

• Yangtze River bridges and tunnels

Notes

1. ^ CulturalChina.com, Chongqing completes world's longest arch bridge, April 30, 2009.
2. ^ Xue-wei DUAN, Design of Main Bridge of Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge, Chinese-Croation Colloquium on Long Arch Bridges, Croatian University of Zagreb and University of FuZhou, 2008.
3. ^ RIA 1/2007, Chaotianmen Bridge - world's longest-span steel arch bridge