The Minpu Bridge is a double-decker cable-stayed bridge over the Huangpu River in Minhang District, Shanghai, China. The Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute, the Shanghai Urban Construction College and the Shanghai Urban Construction Design Institute designed it, with assistance from Holger S. Svensson. The Shanghai Huangpujiang Bridge Engineering Construction Company built it. The bridge opened on January 11, 2010.
The total length is 13,067 feet (3,982.7 meters), and the main span is 2,323 feet (708 meters). The upper deck carries eight lanes of the Shanghai–Jiaxing–Huzhou Expressway, and the lower deck carries Fanghe Road.
A stiffening truss curbs wind-induced swaying. The article does not name a client, a construction start or the materials.
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