Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge

Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge

厦漳跨海大桥
Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge; 厦漳跨海大桥
	View of south cable-stayed bridge
Coordinates	24°27′23″N 117°56′58″E / 24.45625°N 117.949417°ECoordinates: 24°27′23″N 117°56′58″E / 24.45625°N 117.949417°E
Carries	6 lane highway
Crosses	Xiamen Bay / Jiulong River estuary
Locale	Xiamen and Zhangzhou, Fujian
Other name(s)	Xiazhang Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed
Total length	11.70 kilometres (7.27 mi)
Height	227 metres (745 ft)
Longest span	780 metres (2,560 ft)
History
Construction start	August, 2009
Opened	May 28, 2013
Statistics
Toll	25 yuan
Location

The Xiamen Zhangzhou Bridge is a 11.70 kilometres (7.27 mi) bridge across the Jiulong River estuary as the river enters Xiamen Bay.

The bridge's main cable-stayed bridge span is 780 metres (2,560 ft) long, the ninth longest in the world.^[1] The cable stayed section is supported by two 227 metres (745 ft) high towers.^[2] Construction of the bridge began in August 2009.^[3] The bridge was opened in May, 2013.

The bridge carries traffic between the Haicang District in Xiamen to the north of the bay and Longhai, Zhangzhou to the south.^[4] It has six lanes of traffic and a speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph). The bridge has reduced the travel time across the bay from 2 hours down to 30 minutes.^[5]