Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge completes north bank foundation
2026-06-13 19:06:11
By Zhao Entao
As of June 10, all 32 foundational piles have been poured for the north bank main pier of the Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge. This marks a transition from underground foundation work to above-ground structural work for what will be the widest steel truss suspension bridge on the Yangtze River.
The north bank pier utilizes a separated pile cap group foundation, with 16 piles per side. Each pile is 12 to 15 meters deep and contains an average of 110 cubic meters of concrete. These pilesform the core load-bearing foundation for the super-wide suspension bridge.
"Moving forward, the project will steadily advance critical processes, including the construction of pile caps and tunnel anchorages, ensuring all work progresses according to our scheduled milestones," said Shen Bo, deputy manager of the Second Navigation Bureau of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) for the Yichang West City Expressway Project.
As of June 10, all 32 foundational piles have been poured for the north bank main pier of the Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge. This marks a transition from underground foundation work to above-ground structural work for what will be the widest steel truss suspension bridge on the Yangtze River.
The north bank pier utilizes a separated pile cap group foundation, with 16 piles per side. Each pile is 12 to 15 meters deep and contains an average of 110 cubic meters of concrete. These pilesform the core load-bearing foundation for the super-wide suspension bridge.
"Moving forward, the project will steadily advance critical processes, including the construction of pile caps and tunnel anchorages, ensuring all work progresses according to our scheduled milestones," said Shen Bo, deputy manager of the Second Navigation Bureau of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) for the Yichang West City Expressway Project.
Conceptual rendering of Nanjinguan Yangtze River BridgeThe Nanjinguan Bridge, a control project for the Yichang West City Expressway, is the widest steel truss suspension bridge on the Yangtze River. It has a main span of 1,200 meters and a deck width of 42.6 meters. The north tower will be 190 meters tall, and the south tower will be 179 meters tall.
The six-lane expressway stretches from Xiaoxita Street in Yiling District to Gaojiayan Town in Changyang County, with a speed limit of 100 km/h.
Once complete, the project will connect the Shanghai-Chengdu, Shanghai-Chongqing, and Jiangnan Fanba expressways. It will change Yichang's central urban expressway loop from an open "C" shape to a closed "O" shape.
This rapid corridor will improve the Three Gorges region's transportation system, support national strategic engineering initiatives, and help Yichang become a national comprehensive transportation hub.
Ma Lin and Li Huixicontributed to this report.
