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Map of the Yangtze river locating the Three Gorges Dam

A loading point for coal barges on the Yangtze River

The First Bridge at Wuhan. This view is downstream from the distant Three Gorges and Chongqing

• Panzhihua
• Yibin
• Luzhou
• Chongqing
• Yichang
• Jingzhou
• Shashi
• Shishou
• Yueyang
• Xianning
• Wuhan
• Ezhou
• Huangshi
• Huanggang
• Chaohu
• Chizhou
• Jiujiang
• Anqing
• Tongling
• Wuhu
• Hefei
• Chuzhou
• Maanshan
• Taizhou
• Yangzhou
• Zhenjiang
• Nanjing
• Jiangyin
• Nantong
• Shanghai
• Fengdu
• Xi'an

Crossings

The main crossings by the province names in the order of downstream to upstream are:

Shanghai:

• Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel (road & metro tunnel, opened 2009)

Jiangsu and Shanghai:

• Chongqi Bridge (road bridge, expected 2010)

Jiangsu:

• Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge (road/rail bridge, opened 1968)
• Runyang Bridge (road bridge, opened 2005)
• Jiangyin Suspension Bridge (road bridge, opened 1999)
• Sutong Bridge (road bridge, opened 2008)

Anhui:

• Anqing Bridge^[8] (road bridge, opened 2005)
• Tongling Bridge^[9] (road bridge, opened 1995)
• Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge (road/rail bridge, opened 2000)

Jiangxi:

• Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge (road/rail bridge, opened 1992)

Hubei:

• Huangshi Yangtze River Bridge^[10] (road bridge, opened 1996)
• Zhicheng Bridge^[11] (road/rail bridge, opened 1971)
• Wuhan Yangluo Yangtze River Bridge (a part of Wuhan Fourth Circle Road, downstream of Wuhan, road bridge, opened 2008)
• Wuhan Tianxingzhou Bridge (part of Wuhan Third Circle Road, downstream of Wuhan city center, under construction)
• Second Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (road bridge, the "downstream" bridge of Wuhan Inner Circle Road, opened 1995)
• Wuhan Qingdao Road Yangtze River Tunnel (expected the end of 2008)
• Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge (road/rail bridge, the "upstream" bridge of Wuhan Inner Circle Road, opened 1957)
• Third Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, a.k.a. Wuhan Baishazhou Yangtze River Bridge (a part of Wuhan Third Circle Road, upstream of Wuhan city center, opened 2000)
• Wuhan Junshan Yangtze River Bridge (a part of Beijing-Zhuhai Express Way and of Wuhan Forth Circle Road, upstream of Wuhan, opened 2003)
• Jingzhou Yangtze River Bridge^[12] (road bridge, opened 2002)
• Yichang Yangtzhe Highway Bridge, on the Hu-Rong (Shanghai-Chongqing) Expressway downstream of Yichang (opened in 2001)
• Yiling Bridge, in downtown Yichang (Xiling District) (road bridge)
• Xiling Bridge, in Yiling District upstream of Yichang (road bridge, opened in 1996)
• Badong Bridge, in Badong (road bridge)

Chongqing

• Chaotianmen Bridge (road bridge, opened in 2009)

Sichuan

• Jiang'an Bridge (road bridge, opened in 2008)

Dams

By 2007, there are two dams on the Yangtze river: Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba Dam. The third one Xiluodu Dam is under construction. More dams are in planning stage, such as Wudongde, Baihetan, and Xiangjiaba.

Tributaries

A shipyard on the banks of the Yangtze building commercial river freight boats

The Yangtze River has over 700 tributaries. The major tributaries (listed from upstream to downstream) with the locations of where they join the Yangtze are:

• Yalong River (Yunnan Province)
• Min River (Yibin, Sichuan Province)
• Tuo River (Luzhou, Sichuan)
• Jialing River (Chongqing)
• Shen Nong Stream (Badong, Hubei)
• Huangbo River (Yichang, Hubei Province)
• Han River (Wuhan, Hubei)
• Fushui River (Yangxin County, Hubei)
• Gan River (near Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province)