The Xihoumen Bridge () is a
suspension bridge on the
Zhoushan Archipelago, the largest offshore island group in
China
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Linking
Jintang and
Cezi islands, the bridge, together with the 27-kilometer
cable-stayed Jintang Bridge linking Jintang and
Zhenhai in the neighboring city of
Ningbo, is part of the second and last phase of a bridging project started in 1999 to connect the Zhoushan Archipelago to the mainland via five bridges. The bridge forms part of the
Yongzhou Expressway.
Built by the province of
Zhejiang
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at a cost of 2.48 billion yuan (approximately US$363 million), construction began in 2005 and the main span was completed in December 2007. The bridge was opened to traffic on a test basis on 25 December 2009, at 11:58 p.m., local time alongside the Jintang Bridge, before it is officially open for traffic.
The opening date was delayed due to a ship collision on 16 November 2009 that slightly damaged the side of Jintang Bridge.
The 5.3-kilometre suspension bridge connection has a 2.6-kilometre main bridge with a central span of 1,650 metres. The approaches total 2.7 kilometres. When built, it was the second-
longest suspension bridge ranked by the length of the centre span after the
Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in
Japan
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See also
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List of bridges in China
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
Notes
External links
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Xihoumen bridge images and location at Google Earth*
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Suspension bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2007
Bridges in Zhoushan
Cross-sea bridges in China