Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge
The Tianxingzhou Yangtze River Bridge () is a combined road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River in the city of Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei Province of China. The bridge crosses the Yangtze in the northeastern part of the city, a few kilometers downstream of the Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. Its name is due to the Tianxing Island (天兴洲, Tianxingzhou), above which it crosses the river. Built at the cost of , the 4,657-meter cable suspension bridge was opened on December 26, 2009, in time for the opening of the Wuhan railway station. The  bridges main span measures , the longest combined road and rail cable-stayed span in the world. Description. The bridge is a combined road and rail bridge; it has 4 railroad tracks and 6 vehicular traffic lanes. It is the northeastern (downstream) Yangtze crossing for Wuhan's Third Ring Road (the southwestern, upstream, crossing is the Baishazhou Bridge).