Yangtze River bridges and tunnels
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 104 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5091-4539-1
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The bridges and tunnels across the Yangtze River provide important means of transportation across China's longest and largest river. They form a vital part of the country's road and rail network. With the "Long River" bisecting China proper from west to east, virtually every major north-south bound highway or railway must cross the Yangtze. Until the completion of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in 1957, there were no crossings across the main stretch of the Yangtze from Yibin to the river mouth in Shanghai, a distance of 2,884 kilometres (1,792 mi). Since then, there have been 60 bridges and three tunnels built, the overwhelming majority constructed since 1990. They reflect a broad array of bridge designs and, in many cases, represent significant achievements in modern bridge engineering. Several rank among the world's suspension, cable-stayed and arch bridges as well as the world's highest and tallest bridges. Данное издание представляет...
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