Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 南京长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 南京長江大橋; pinyin: Nánjīng Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), previously called the First Nanjing Yangtze Bridge, is a double-decked road-rail truss bridge across the Yangtze River in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China connecting the city's Pukou and Gulou districts.

Its upper deck is part of China National Highway 104, spanning 4,588 metres (15,052 ft).

The bridge carries approximately 80,000 vehicles and 190 trains per day.

According to state media, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge as the most frequent suicide site in the world, with more than 2,000 suicides estimated by 2006.

[1][needs update] People who have survived the jump have had severe consequences including paralysis, organ damage, broken bones and lifelong pain.