On March 31, construction officially commenced on the Wuhan Baishazhou Yangtze River Road-Rail Bridge, jointly surveyed and designed by China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute and other entities under China Railway Group Limited.
The Wuhan Baishazhou Yangtze River Road-Rail Bridge will be the 14th Yangtze River crossing in Wuhan and the city’s second high-speed railway bridge across the river. It is located upstream of the existing Baishazhou Yangtze River Highway Bridge, with a center-to-center distance of 75 meters between the two bridges. The bridge connects Hanyang District on the north bank and Hongshan District on the south bank. The combined road-rail section is approximately 3,811.6 meters long, including a 1,338-meter main span adopting a double-plane cable-stayed steel truss composite girder design. Upon completion, it will stand as one of the representative long-span road-rail cable-stayed bridges in China.
The bridge features a double-deck functional layout, simultaneously accommodating trunk railway transport and urban road traffic. The upper deck will be a six-lane two-way urban expressway with a design speed of 80 km/h, while the lower deck will carry a four-track railway system, including a double-track high-speed railway for the Wuhan hub direct line and a reserved double-track intercity railway.
As a critical bottleneck section of the Wuhan hub direct line, the Baishazhou Yangtze River Road-Rail Bridge is a key node determining the overall construction progress of the line. Upon completion, it will further enhance the cross-river capacity and resilience of the Wuhan railway hub, while improving the region’s integrated multi-modal transportation system.
