Lie in Wuhan city. The bridge is spanned between Wuchang snake mountain and Hanyang tortoise mountain. China in first railway, the intersection of highway and two bridges that build at the the Changjiang River under Wan. Built on September 1, 1955, Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was the railway combined bridge of a highway, total length is 1670 meters, part of the main structure of a bridge is 1156 skills, the bridge approach of two sides amounts to 514 meters.
The road surface of upper strata highway ranges broadly from 18 meters, there are pavements to can run side by side and exercise six cars, both sides, the lower floor is the double-line railway bridge. In the construction of Yangtze Bridge, engineers and technicians adopt for the first time large-scaly to in charge of the column foundation and in charge of the construction method of holing of the column, it is China that build one invention of bridge at the history, regional bridge adopt large-scale tube column foundation of pipe diameter offer a valuable experience to the factory for afterwards.
Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is condensing wisdom and builders consummate skill that a designer has great originality. Eight huge piers stand in the great river, shape truss of rice and water chestnut dose take one pair of uprights to make the enormous girder steel appear a group of delicate and pretty scene; The abutment 35 meters high towers on two sides, add the grand imposing manner to bridge.
From the fine pavilion, tortoise mountain, bridge of Sichuan to lake, snake s mountain, yellow crane s floor of the lotus flower, stretch in a connected line and connect, bring out the best in each other, make up very mighty and unbroken, beautiful and moving beauty spot group. It is not only a beautiful scenery on the Changjiang River, but also a historical monument, have left the indelible impression in people s life of river city.