Qiongzhou Bridge (), also known as the Nandu Bridge and the Nandu Ninth Bridge, is a bridge that spans the

Nandu River The Nandu River () is the longest river in Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the ...

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

Province, China. Opened on May 12, 2003, at a cost of 200 million yuan (US$32.3 million), it serves as the main bridge from

Haikou Haikou; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Hoihow is the capital city, capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. ...

city to

Haikou Meilan International Airport Haikou Meilan International Airport is an international airport serving Haikou, the capital of South Central China's Hainan province. It is located southeast of the city center and was opened in 1999, replacing the old Dayingshan Airport loca ...

. It crosses the Nandu River at the east end of

Guoxing Avenue Guoxing Avenue () is a major street in Haikou, Hainan, China. It runs in an east-west direction in the heart of the city. Its west end terminates at Longkun Road and its east end terminates at the Qiongzhou Bridge which crosses the Nandu River. ...

. The bridge replaces the partially collapsed

Nandu River Iron Bridge The Nandu River Iron Bridge (), also known as the Devil's Iron Bridge, Old Iron Bridge, and originally the Lu Palace Bridge (), is a partially collapsed, steel truss bridge over the Nandu River, in the north of Hainan Province, China. Opened to ...

some away.

Description

This is a

tied-arch bridge A tied-arch bridge is an arch bridge in which the outward-directed horizontal forces of the arch(es) are borne as tension by a chord tying the arch ends rather than by the ground or the bridge foundations. This strengthened chord may be the deck ...

comprising five tubular steel arches mounted on six concrete foundations. The total width is with a span of . It is a two-way bridge with each direction having two lanes for cars and trucks. The two directions of traffic are separated by a steel pipe mounted approximately above the deck. There is also a lane for two-wheel vehicles and, beside that, an outermost lane for pedestrian traffic, which is raised above the deck by about . These two lanes are separated from the main traffic roads by a concrete barrier and the points where the arches enter the deck.

References

{{reflist Road bridges in China Bridges in Hainan Transport in Hainan Bridges completed in 2003 2003 establishments in China