The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world and has served as the beating heart of China's economic boom. Because of its incredibly wide points, China had to make one of the most advanced long-span bridges in the world. This is the Taizhou Bridge.

It won the 2013 Structural Awards this week and it beats out a dozen of other remarkable pieces of work. It is not the longest suspension bridge, but it is the longest of its unique, experimental type. It is also the first ever suspension bridge to link two long spans, each over a kilometer in length using 650 foot tall towers.

It cost $400 million to cross over 9,650 feet of the massive Yangtze River.



[Structural Awards]