Lupu Bridge is located on the Huangpu River between Huangpu District (formerly Luwan District) and Pudong New Area in Shanghai, China. It was once the longest arch bridge and steel arch bridge in the world. In April 2009, it was replaced by the Chaotianmen Yangtze River Bridge in Chongqing.

The bridge transcends, but still retains its grace.

In cooperating with the government to build major municipal infrastructure, the construction of the Lupu Bridge also reflects major innovations.

The government has transformed from its previous all-encompassing role into a regulator role.

There is no usual bridge headquarters here. The government only acts as a referee. The investment company integrates the "general commander", investors and construction general contractors. It implements a general manager responsibility system under the leadership of the board of directors, with clear powers and responsibilities and high work efficiency.

Greatly improved, the board here never meets for more than half a day.

Due to market-oriented operation, the construction of Lupu Bridge effectively dealt with the dialectical relationship between quality, safety, investment control and construction speed, achieved the coordination and unity of the four relationships, and created ten "world firsts" in the history of bridge construction.

Vice Chairman Bai Xiaojiang said that it is the market mechanism that forces us to find the best balance between quality, safety and efficiency.

After the bridge is completed, it will become a tourist bridge.

Four bridgeheads have been built next to the bridge piers on both sides of the Pujiang River. There are pedestrian sightseeing trails set up on the bridge arches. Visitors can walk up to the top of the arch ribs to get an overview of the scenery of the Pujiang River.

Next to the bridge, there will be a bridge museum; at the foot of the bridge, there will be the world's largest laser water curtain show. The operation and management reflect a strong market awareness, and the "bridge economy" will be fully explored by the operators.

The construction of the Lupu Bridge has set a precedent in the field of major municipal engineering construction operating in accordance with internationally accepted rules, that is, the government formulates bids, makes overall plans, and implements supervision. Enterprises and social funds invest in construction, and the government authorizes a certain time and period.

Operate within a certain scope and return it to the government after expiration.

This mechanism fully mobilized the enthusiasm of all aspects of society and greatly accelerated the pace of urban modernization.

The total length of the Lupu Bridge is 3,900 meters, the main arch bridge is 550 meters long, and the arch top is 100 meters above the river surface.

It is 32 meters longer than the New River Valley Bridge in Fayetteville, USA, which is the second longest main arch bridge in the world and was completed in 1977. It was completed on June 28, 2003. When it was completed, it was once known as "the world's first arch".

The construction of the bridge cost approximately 2.5 billion yuan.

The roadway of the Lupu Bridge is not pulled up by the arch, but suspended by the arch. It is a bridge structure that integrates stay cables, suspension cables and an arch bridge.

The arches on the left and right sides of the roadway almost intersect at the apex and are connected by steel box beams and 27 horizontal cables.

Lin Yuanpei, my country's famous bridge design master, is the chief designer of Nanpu Bridge, Yangpu Bridge, Xupu Bridge, Lupu Bridge and Donghai Bridge in Shanghai.

Lin Yuanpei, a native of Putian, Fujian, male.

He once served as chief engineer of Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute and deputy director of the Municipal Society of China Civil Engineering Society.

Currently, he is a senior chief engineer of Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute.

In 2005, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

In 2007, he won the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award.

He is a representative of the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

The 10th Shanghai Municipal People’s Representative.

He was named Shanghai Model Worker four times and was named a National Advanced Worker in 1995.

Due to his outstanding contributions and outstanding achievements in my country's bridge construction technology, he was awarded the National Design Master and won the 1994 Mao Yisheng Bridge Award.

Since 1989, the three cable-stayed bridges designed by Lin Yuanpei have repeatedly set multiple world records in the field of cable-stayed bridge design and construction.

When Lin Yuanpei faced the call to "build another Pujiang Bridge", he chose a long-span arch bridge that he had never involved in his bridge-building career.