雙語科技百科(近現代成就) 第96期:南京長江大橋
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in the north-west of the Yangtze River, connecting the urban areas with the Pukou District, is one of China's own design and construction of double-lane highways, railways dual-use bridge, completed on December 29, 1968.
南京長江大橋位於南京市西北長江上，連通市區與浦口區，是一座我國自己設計建造的雙層雙線公路、鐵路兩用橋，1968年12月29日竣工。Highway, on top of the bridge, is 4589 meters long with 15 meters wide carriageway, which can accommodate four large auto parallel. The two sides also have more than two meters wide sidewalks. The railway bridge is 6772 meters long, 14 meters wide, with the two-track shop. Two trains can be off at the same time. The bridge on surface of the river is 1577 meters long, and the remaining is for the highway bridge with the rich Chinese characteristics Double Arch Bridge hyperbolic form. 200 iron relieves are embedded into the highway bridge railings on both sides, besides, there are 150 pairs of magnolia flower-shaped lights on sidewalks. Each of two north-south ends of the bridge has a 70 meters high bridge tower. The lift in the tower will carry people reach the railroad bridge, the road bridge and the watch station on the tower. In front of each tower, it stands a 10-metre high sculpture of worker-peasant-soldier. Down the south tower, it is a beautiful park.
上層的公路橋長4589米，車行道寬15米，可容4輛大型汽車並行，兩側還各有2米多寬的人行道；下層的鐵路橋長6772米，寬14米，鋪有雙軌，兩列火車可同時對開。其中江面上的正橋長1577米，其餘爲引橋，公路引橋採用富有中國特色的雙孔雙曲拱橋形式。公路正橋兩邊的欄杆上嵌着200幅鑄鐵浮雕，人行道旁還有150對白玉蘭花形的路燈，南北兩端各有兩座高70米的橋頭堡，堡內有電梯可通鐵路橋、公路橋及橋頭堡上的嘹望臺。堡前還各有一座高十餘米的工農兵雕塑。南堡下是一個風景秀麗的公園。
On December 18, 1968, China's own design and construction of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge was opened to traffic. It marks a leap of China's bridge construction. Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is recorded by Guinness World completion of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, shortened one and a half hours by ferry from the river in the past to two minutes by train on the bridge, greatly facilitated cross-strait exchanges and the exchange of personnel, materials, promoting the economic development and people's lives.
1968年12月18日，中國自行設計和施工的南京長江大橋建成通車。它標誌着中國橋樑建設的一個飛躍。南京長江大橋被收入世界吉尼斯紀錄。南京長江大橋建成，使南來北往的火車由過去靠輪渡過江的一個半小時縮短爲兩分鐘，大大方便了長江兩岸的物資交流和人員來往，對促進經濟發展和改善人民生活產生了積極的作用。
