Gao Zongyu: Engineer and Designer of World-class Bridge.

The article focuses on Gao Zongyu, chief engineer of the China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design Institute Co. Ltd. (BRDI), and his role in the engineering and design of the Shanghai-Nantong railway Yangtze River Bridge in China. It offers an overview of Gao's field investigation into the bridge and discusses the application of the construction methodology for rail-cum-road cable-stayed steel bridge of triple main trusses and cable planes to the construction of the bridge.