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The bridge, which spans the Songhua river and is 15.42km (9.58 miles)
long, was finished nine months ago and cost 1.88bn yuan ($286m), Xinhua
said.
A 100m (328ft) ramp section collapsed, causing the lorries to plummet to the ground.
Sun Qingde, an official on Harbin's construction committee, was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the ramp "tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground".
This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July, the agency said.
The lorries were carrying feed and stones, officials from the Harbin municipal government was quoted by People's Daily Online newspaper as saying at a press conference.
They added that the bridge and other city roads will be checked.
Collapsing Bridge in China 24 augst 2012 Three Killed
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| Collapsing Bridge in China 24 augst 2012 Three Killed |
Three people were killed and five others injured when a suspension bridge in northeastern China collapsed on Friday morning, nine months after the bridge was inaugurated.
The bridge, which is part of the fast lane in the city of Harbin, has just opened in November after two years of construction at a cost of 1.9 billion yuan (about Rp2, 8 trillion), according to a report from the China News Service.
Bridges along 100 meters (320 feet) collapsed when the four heavy truck was passing over the bridge, causing the vehicles crashed and suffered damage, said a CCTV news reporter at the scene. The bridge was designed to cross 9800 vehicles per hour.
The bridge, which is part of the fast lane in the city of Harbin, has just opened in November after two years of construction at a cost of 1.9 billion yuan (about Rp2, 8 trillion), according to a report from the China News Service.
Bridges along 100 meters (320 feet) collapsed when the four heavy truck was passing over the bridge, causing the vehicles crashed and suffered damage, said a CCTV news reporter at the scene. The bridge was designed to cross 9800 vehicles per hour.
A 100m (328ft) ramp section collapsed, causing the lorries to plummet to the ground.
Sun Qingde, an official on Harbin's construction committee, was quoted by Xinhua as saying that the ramp "tilted to one side and crashed onto the ground".
This is the sixth major bridge collapse in China since July, the agency said.
The lorries were carrying feed and stones, officials from the Harbin municipal government was quoted by People's Daily Online newspaper as saying at a press conference.
They added that the bridge and other city roads will be checked.
