Recently, the International Road Federation (IRF) announced the winners of the 2023 Global Road Achievement Awards, with the Nanjing Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge (5th Nanjing Yangtze River) being honored with the award in the design sector.

The International Road Federation is a worldwide academic organization focusing on road development. In 2000, IRF established the Global Road Achievement Awards to honor innovative projects and exemplary figures in the global road industry. This recognition holds substantial significance within the industry.

The Nanjing Jiangxinzhou Yangtze River Bridge is the seventh crossing over the Yangtze River in Nanjing. It is the world's first lightweight steel-concrete composite cable-stayed bridge. The main span of the bridge measures 1,796 meters, with both main spans spanning 600 meters. It is a six-lane highway with a design speed of 100 kilometers per hour. The highest main tower of the bridge reaches a height of 175.4 meters, equivalent to the height of a 60-story building. The construction of cable towers adopts an assembly and modular construction approach, making it the cable-stayed bridge with the highest level of industrialization and prefabrication for such an extensive span in China.

The bridge has achieved multiple breakthroughs in technologies in areas such as new materials, structures, and construction methods. These accomplishments have made remarkable contributions to the advancement of modern cable-stayed bridges.

The bridge had been honored with the 2022 Outstanding Structure Awards of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) and the 2022 Global Best Projects Awards of Engineering News-Record (ENR).