Dongting Lake Bridge
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The Dongting Lake Bridge (Template:Zh) is a bridge with a cable-stayed bridge section over Dongting Lake in Yueyang, northeastern Hunan Province, China.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The cable-stayed section consists of three towers supporting center spans of 310m each, with two identical side spans of 130m each.<ref>MR damping system on Dongting Lake cable-stayed bridge</ref>
The bridge is one of a handful of "next generation" bridges worldwide,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and includes cable dampers that use magnetorheological fluid which have the capability to change viscosity in response to an electromagnetic field. The bridge includes four lanes of traffic—two lanes in each direction.
Description
The Dongting Lake Bridge is connected to Dongting Avenue, China National Highway 107 and Jingzhu Expressway in the east, and the Provincial Highway Route 1804 of Hunan in the west. The total length of the bridge and adjacent road is 18,868.82 meters, of which the bridge's length is 5,788.2 meters. The length of the bridge's cabling is 4,426 meters. Total investment in the construction of the Dongting Lake Bridge is 805 million yuan.<ref>Liu Xianhua.Yueyang Dongting Lake Bridge Construction Command cnki.com. 2005-07-03.</ref> As of November 30, 2018, it is the longest inland river bridge in China, and the bridge spans the East Dongting Lake area.<ref name="Department of Transportation of Hunan Province">"The 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening up The Story Behind the Construction of Dongting Lake Bridge Department of Transportation of Hunan Province. 2017-11-28.</ref>
History
Construction of the Dongting Lake Bridge was officially started on December 19, 1996. On December 26, 2000, the bridge was completed and opened to traffic.<ref name="Department of Transportation of Hunan Province"/>