The Humen Pearl River
Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Pearl River in Guangdong
Province, southern China
. It connects the Nansha
District of Guangzhou
to Humen Town of Dongguan
. Completed in 1997 it has a main span of 888 meters.
The Humen Bridge across the Bocca Tigris, the mouth of the Pearl River, is an important link in the expressway network of Guangdong Province in southern China, connecting the Shenzhen
Economic Zones, as well as the rest of the coastal region, with Hong Kong
The 3618-m-long bridge is divided into five sections: the east approach, the main navigation channel section, the middle approach, an auxiliary navigation channel bridge, and the west approach. Geological conditions at the bridge site are relatively good, with bedrock overlaid by thin soil layers, although conditions differ on each side of the river. Hurricanes are common occurrences, so the design wind speed at the bridge deck level was established at 61 m/s.