The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts. Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning . Its lower deck, with a double-track railway, is long, and completes the Beijing–Shanghai railway, which had been divided by the Yangtze for decades. Its right bridge consists of nine piers, with the maximum span of and the total length of . The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.

The bridge was completed and open for traffic in 1968. It was the third bridge over the Yangtze after the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the Chongqing Baishatuo Yangtze River Bridge. It was the first heavy bridge designed and built using Chinese expertise.

Suicide site

According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006.

People who have survived the jump have had severe consequences including paralysis, organ damage, broken bones and lifelong pain. Many assume that the jump will cause instant death, but it is not uncommon for jumpers to die from other causes, such as drowning or hypothermia after hitting the cold waters.

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file:Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge.jpg|Vehicles on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

File:Statue-of-Yangtze.JPG|Statue of first Yangtze river bridge at Nanjing

File:Yangtze-Ships.JPG|Scenery on the Yangtze river

File:Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge 2.jpg|Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge seen from the upstream right bank

File:PontNankin 01.JPG|Perspective of the double-column frame piers of the railway bridge approach structure

File:南京长江大桥北引桥20221001.jpg|The Nanjing Yangtze Bridge in 2022

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See also

  • Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing's other railway bridge that carries the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway.
  • Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
  • List of bridges in China
  • Beijing–Shanghai Railway
  • Rail transport in China
  • Passenger rail transport in China

References

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  • 纪录片《南京长江大桥》 Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Documentary (1969)
  • How to get to the Yangtze River Bridge
  • Yangtze River Bridge: The Historic Landmark of Modern Nanjing