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Yangmingtan Bridge

Coordinates: 45°46′18″N 126°31′10″E / 45.771744°N 126.519412°E / 45.771744; 126.519412
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Yangmingtan Bridge
Coordinates45°46′18″N 126°31′10″E / 45.771744°N 126.519412°E / 45.771744; 126.519412
Carries8 lanes of Harbin 3rd Ring Road
CrossesSonghua River
LocaleHarbin
Characteristics
DesignSuspension bridge
Total length7,133 metres (23,402 ft)
Height80 metres (260 ft)
Longest span250 metres (820 ft)
History
Construction startDecember 25, 2009
Construction cost1.882 Billion Yuan
OpenedNovember 6, 2011
Location
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The Yangmingtan Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning 250 metres (820 ft) over the Songhua River in Harbin, China.

Collapse

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A part of the newly inaugurated 15-kilometre-long (9.3 mi) bridge spanning the Songhua River collapsed on August 24, 2012, at 5 am, killing 3 people and injuring 2 others.[1] Problems seem to have occurred due to the weight of trucks using the bridge. The bridge was designed to handle 55 tons, but the combined weight of heavy trucks, amounting to at least 500 tons, caused the bridge to collapse. The collapse was blamed mostly on the construction design and on the project's having been finished too quickly and on traffic controllers having allowed, onto the bridge, vehicles of excessive weight.[2]

See also

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List of longest suspension bridge spans

References

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