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Dongting Lake Bridge

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Crosses
  
Dongting Lake

Design
  
Cable-stayed

Longest span
  
310 m

Bridge type
  
Cable-stayed bridge

Construction end
  
2002

Locale
  
Yueyang, Hunan, China

Opened
  
2002

Location
  
Yueyang

Body of water
  
Dongting Lake

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Similar
  
Dongting Lake, Dongtinghu Bridge, Jingyue Yangtze River Brid, Yueyang Tower, Aizhai Bridge

The Dongting Lake Bridge is a bridge with cable-stayed bridge section over Dongting Lake in northeastern Hunan Province, China. Cable-stayed section consists of three tower supporting a center spans of 310 m each and two identical side spans of 130 m each.

The Dongting Lake bridge is one of a handful of "next generation" bridges, worldwide, and includes cable dampers that use magnetorheological fluid which have the capability to change viscosity in response to an electromagnetic field. The bridge includes four lanes of traffic—two lanes in each direction.

References

Dongting Lake Bridge Wikipedia