Yichang Zhixi Yangtze River Bridge is located in the centre of Yichang, and about 2,700 metres downstream of Gezhouba Dam. The 3,234.7 metres bridge begins from Dongyue 2nd Road in the south and ends at Xiling 2nd Road. With a main span of 838 metres and 6 lanes in each direction, it is a single-span ground anchorage suspension bridge, and the second steel plate concrete composite girder suspension bridge in the world (the first is Wuhan Yingwuzhou Yangtze River Bridge), and is the river-crossing bridge with the widest deck in Yichang.