Flying Dragon Bridge

Flying Dragon Bridge

Flying Dragon Bridge is located in the western part of Ganzhou’s central urban area. It is a single-tower, double-cable-plane hybrid girder cable-stayed bridge with four lanes in both directions, connecting the Hetuo Old Town and Zhangjiang New Town. Integrating urban transportation and landscape functions, it showcases a large-scale urban arterial bridge with a modern design concept and is an important component of the city’s “three verticals, three horizontals, and one ring” main road network. It has become an iconic urban landmark of Ganzhou. The Flying Dragon Bridge was listed by the Ganzhou Municipal Government as a project to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the 10th anniversary of Ganzhou’s upgrade from a prefecture to a city in 2009, and it was officially opened to traffic on September 27, 2009. Its completion and opening achieved interconnectivity between the arterial road networks of the old and new urban areas. It greatly improved transportation conditions in both the Hetuo Old Town and Zhangjiang New Town.

Flying Dragon Bridge is located in the western part of central Ganzhou, connecting the Hetuo Old Town and Zhangjiang New Town. The starting point is at Kejia Avenue, extending from south to north across Zhangjiang South Avenue, the Zhang River, Feilong Island, and Zhangjiang North Avenue, linking the intersection of Wenming Avenue and Yanggong Road. The endpoint is 100 meters north of the intersection. The total length of the project is 1,449.761 meters, including a main bridge length of 230 meters, approach bridges totaling 565 meters, connecting roads spanning 624.761 meters, and roadways beneath the bridge covering 373.35 meters. Major components of the project include bridge construction, roadworks, drainage systems, traffic facilities, and lighting. The entire bridge has 21 piers and abutments: on the south bank, approach piers 0# to 7#, with the first span (0# to 2#) being a 2x30m integral bridge with a single box and double cells; the second span (2# to 7#) is a 30+2x35+2x30m continuous beam, a double-span bridge with a single box and double cells. On the north bank, approach piers 10# to 21#, the fourth span (10# to 14#) is a 4x30m continuous beam, double-span; the fifth span (14# to 19#) is a 30+2x35+30m continuous beam, double-span; and the sixth span (19# to 21#) is a 2x30m integral bridge.

The main bridge is a single-tower, double-cable-plane hybrid girder cable-stayed bridge, with a total length of 230 meters and a main span of 150 meters. It adopts an asymmetrical layout, specifically 150+(45+35)=230 meters, where 128.5 meters consist of steel box girders and the remaining 101.35 meters are concrete box girders. The main tower features a curved inclined profile along the bridge’s longitudinal axis and an “A” shape along the transverse axis. Along the longitudinal direction, the back of the tower follows a circular curve. The tower height is 87 meters above the foundation and 70.823 meters above the bridge deck. The total project investment was 151 million RMB. The project owner was Ganzhou Urban Investment Engineering Management Co., Ltd., with Wuhan Feihong Bridge & Road Supervision Co., Ltd. serving as the supervisory unit. Construction officially began on September 28, 2007.

The Flying Dragon Bridge, with the grandeur of a rainbow lying across the waves and the vitality of a dragon rising from the water, carries the dreams of the people of Ganzhou as they take flight. It has not only become a major new landmark in Ganzhou but also plays a positive role in advancing the construction of Ganzhou as a megacity.