Humen Pearl River Bridge 虎门大桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 22°47′35″N 113°36′31″E / 22.79306°N 113.60861°E |
| Carries |  G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway |
| Crosses | Pearl River |
| Locale | Dongguan and Guangzhou, Guangdong, China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge Segmental concrete bridge |
| Total length | 3,618 m (11,870 ft) |
| Longest span | 888 m (2,913 ft) (suspension) 270 m (890 ft) (segmental) |
| History | |
| Construction cost | US$370 million (segmental)[1] |
| Opened | 9 June 1997 |
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The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the Humen, Pearl River in Guangdong Province, southern China. It consists of two main spans — a suspension bridge section and a segmental concrete section. It connects the Nansha District of Guangzhou to Humen Town of Dongguan. Completed in 1997, the suspension bridge has a main span of 888 meters, and the segmental concrete section's main span of 237 meters is among the longest such spans in the world.[2] It forms part of the G9411 Dongguan–Foshan Expressway.[3] A newer bridge known as Nansha Bridge (Chinese: 南沙大桥), built to reduce the traffic problems on the Humen Bridge, opened to traffic in April 2019.[4][5]
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