Abstract
This brief article reviews the significant developments in bridge design in China over the last 40 years. Brief examples of concrete bridges constructed by the free cantilevering method and by the incremental launching method are provided. Examples of metal bridges are also provided, these include the Dukou bridge (arch truss design), and the Dongying and Nanpu bridges, both of which use cable stayed designs. Examples of steel railway bridges include the Nanjing continuous truss bridge, the Hanjiang bridge, which is a slant legged frame construction, and the larger arch Jiujiang bridge. There are about 30 cable stayed bridges, nine of which have main spans exceeding 200m. The maximum span used for a concrete bridge is 260m (the Yonghe bridge); for a metal bridge the maximum span is 288m (Dongying bridge). At present, over 7 major cable stayed bridges with main spans between 400m and 600m are either under construction or are at the design stage. The French title for this article is: Recents progres dans le domaine des ponts en Chine. The German title for this article is: Neue Entwicklungen des Brueckenbaus in China. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 851274.
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