The great Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge looked spectacular from our hotel room at the Holiday Inn. This was the very first large bridge to cross the Yangtze when it was completed in 1957. The giant road and rail bridge was the model by which the more famous First Nanjing Bridge was based on. Russian Bridge engineers assisted in the design of the double decker truss that carries 2 tracks of the Beijing-Guangzhou line on the bottom as well as 4 road lanes and 2 pedestrian walkways on the top. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
大型的武汉长江大桥从我们住宿的假日酒店看上起很壮观。这是第一座跨越长江的大桥,建于1957年。这座公铁两用桥是后来更着名的南京长江大桥的蓝本。俄国桥梁工程师帮助设计了这座桥,下层为双线京广铁路,上层为四线公路和左右的人行道。
Not everyone's room directly faced the Yangtze River but the Morrisons got a nice view of the Han River arch bridge. This is one of many CFST bridges in China where the arch ribs are steel tubes filled with concrete. Image by John Morrison.
不是每个人的窗户都面对长江,莫里森兄弟的房间能清楚地看到汉水拱桥。这是中国众多的CFST拱桥之一。CFST指钢管混凝土拱桥(Concrete Filled Steel Tube arch,目前只有中国大规模使用这种技术修建拱桥)
The railway lines are in constant use day and night. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
铁路线昼夜不停的使用
The soaring cables of the Yingwuzhou double span suspension bridge cross the Yangtze just 2 kilometers upstream from the famous railway bridge. Each span is 850 meters supported by towers as high as 150 meters above the river. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
鹦鹉洲长江大桥的缆索高悬在两个桥跨上空。这座桥仅仅在着名的武汉长江大桥上游2公里。两跨分别有850米,桥塔高约150米。
(大桥所在的位置为古代鹦鹉洲。唐代诗人崔颢《登黄鹤楼》名句:晴川历历汉阳树,芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲,既为此地
The neighborhoold just south of the Yingwuzhou Bridge shows the strong contrast between the old and the new China with entire blocks of buildings being bulldozed over to make room for stylish new apartment buildings and malls. Image by Richard Scott.
鹦鹉洲大桥南岸不远能看到新旧建筑的强烈对比:许多(50-80年代修建的)旧建筑被拆除,代之以新公寓一类。
The Morrisons stroll through the mostly abandoned buildings whose days are numbered. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
莫里森徘徊在旧房子中间
Room for rent with private walk-up entrance and partial views of the Yangtze River! Image by John Morrison.
从此处可以看到长江
鹦鹉洲大桥的主缆几天前刚架好