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HUANGPU RIVER 黄浦江
Huangpu river, known as the mother river of Shanghai, which rises in the Tai Lake 太湖, Jiangsu Province 江苏省, flows through the urban area of the city and empties into the mouth of the Yangtze River 长江, with a total length of 112 kilometers. First of all the river is thruway for Shanghai. If you cruise by the river you will see hundreds of cargo and passenger ships. Tere are forest of port cranes on the river-banks. You don't remain indifferent to beauty of four Shanghai bridges: Xupu 徐浦大桥, Lupu 卢浦大桥, Nanpu 南浦大桥 and Yangpu 杨浦大桥.
HUANGPU RIVER CRUISE
Huangpu River Cruise has been regarded as one of the most important and traditional tourist activities at night. It is known to all that the beautiful Huangpu River, also called the mother of this metropolis, embodies all the quintessences of Shanghai's attractive scenes.
During the cruise, visitors can enjoy the magnificent scenes on both banks. On the west bank dozens of imposingly tall and distinct buildings of different foreign architectural styles make up a never to be forgotten night scene, forming a sharp contrast with those modern high rises on the east bank.
Huangpu River Cruise
One of the most enchanting scenes during the cruise is the combination of the world-famed bridges and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge are exactly like two huge dragons while the Oriental Pearl TV Tower 东方明珠电视塔 looks like a pure pearl. This scene just corresponds to a very popular Chinese legend: "Two dragons play with a pearl."
One of the cruises is "Pujiang Sightseeing",which offers four different routes: Refined Sightseeing (about 1 hour), Sightseeing between two bridges (about 2 hours). Night Sightseeing (about 2 hours), Sightseeing between the Bund and Wusongkou (about 3.5 hours).
How to get in this place:
Fare : 50RMB, 70RMB, 100RMB (1$=6,9 RMB).
10 minutes walk from subway station "Central Henan Road 河南中路站" (2-nd line)
bus 37,55,65,, etc
NANPU BRIDGE 南浦大桥
Being the fourth largest double tower and double cable slant-drawn bridge in the world, Nanpu Bridge was completed and open to traffic on Dec. 1, 1991. The total length of the bridge is 8346 meters. Its main part is 846 meters long and 31.36 meters wide, with a net height of 46 meters, allowing ships of 55000 tons to pass. Nanpu Bridge is so gracefully designed that thousands and thousands of tourists have been attracted by its beauty and majesty.
Nanpu bridge
Open time (local):
8:30 - 16:00
Fare:
5RMB (1$=6,9 RMB)
How to get in this place:
Subway station "Huangpi Road(S) 黄陂南路站" (1-st line), then take taxi up to the bridge
bus: 43,64,65,89,109,144, etc
XUPU BRIDGE 徐浦大桥
Xupu Bridge links the two banks of the Huangpu River in the southern part of Shanghai, thus greatly facilitating the communication between Pudong (the east area of the Huangpu River) and Puxi (the west area). The bridge is 1072 meters long and 35.39 meters wide with 8 lanes for motor vehicles. The 217 meter high main tower is A-shaped. The bridge connects Shanghai-Nanjing Freeway and Shanghai-Hangzhou Freeway as well as connects Hongqiao International Airport and Pudong International Airport.
Xupu bridge
YANGPU BRIDGE 杨浦大桥
Located at the north of the Suzhou Creek and the lower section of the Huangpu River, Yangpu Bridge was completed and open to traffic in Oct., 1993. It looks like a sleeping dragon lying in the sky. The total length of the bridge is 7,658 meters, with its main part 1,172 meters long and 30.35 meters wide. The span of the bridge is 602 meters, with 6 lanes for motor vehicles. Yangpu Bridge was constructed by means of up-to-date technology. It is of a double tower, double cable, overlapped slant drawn structure. People generally consider Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge "Sister Bridges".
Yangpu bridge
Open time (local):
8:30 - 16:30
Fare:
5RMB (1$=6,9 RMB)
How to get in this place:
Subway station "Shiji Ave. (Dongfang Road) 世纪大道站" (2-nd line), then take taxi up to the bridge
bus: 81,85,155,313, etc
LUPU BRIDGE 卢浦大桥
Lupu Bridge is the youngest one among all the four bridges across the Huangpu River. This bridge, viewed as "World's No.1 Arch Bridge", was open to traffic in the middle of 2003. The main span is 550 meters, and the net height 46 meters. The bridge extends from the South-North Viaduct in the north to Chuanyang River in the south. This bridge is beautifully shaped, characteristic of "architecture of the distinctive style of Shanghai Culture".
Lupu bridge
IF YOU HAVE GPS
All points are given in WGS 84:
- Yangpu bridge 杨浦大桥 - 31°15,439'N, 121°32,460'E
- Xupu bridge 徐浦大桥 - 31°07,749'N, 121°27,843'E
- Lupu bridge 卢浦大桥 - 31°11,481'N, 121°28,563'E
- Nanpu bridge 南浦大桥 - 31°12,454'N, 121°30,041'E
- Huangpu River Cruise ticket offices - 31°14,074'N, 121°29,312'E
- Waibaidu bridge 外白渡桥 - 31°14,728'N, 121°29,125'E
