Yangpu Bridge

  • picture of Yangpu Bridge
  • picture of Yangpu Bridge
  • picture of Yangpu Bridge
StedShanghai, China
CrossesHuangpu River
StatusIn use
Open1993
FunctionRoad bridge
DesignCable-stayed bridge
Length8 354 m
Height223 m
Clearance below48 m
Longest span602 m
Width30 m
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The Yangpu Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Construction of the bridge began in 1991 and in 1993 the bridge opened. The Yangpu Bridge was the largest cable-stayed bridge in the world with a span of 602 meters until 1995, when the Pont de Normandie opened in France.
The bridge was originally unpainted, it was painted red for the city's celebration of the year 2000