Yangpu suspension bridge

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Yangpu suspension bridge

Work on the giant Yangpu suspension bridge started on April 29, 1991 and finished just two years and 5 months later on September 15, 1993. The entire structure is 7,658 meters long and its main section spans 1,172 meters. The bridge's inverted Y-shaped towers are 208 meters high and its 6-lane highway is 30.35 meters wide. The bridge soars 48 meters above the Huangpu River allowing 55,000-ton ships to pass under it.

Yangpu Bridge is 72 meters longer than the Skarnsundet Bridge in Norway which, at the time, was the longest suspension bridge in the world.