Hutiaohe: (Satellite, Google Maps had trouble stitching the satellite images together. There is a tunnel on the west end.)
Zhuchanghe River Bridge
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Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Also Civil Engineering Discoveries Flickr and Eric Sakawski's photo in HighestBridges Zhuchanghe River Bridge, 224-meter-high [735'] concrete beam bridge in China. Zhuchanghe Bridge 朱昌河特大桥 Sanbanqiaozhen, Guizhou, China 735 feet high / 224 meters high; 656 foot span / 200 meter span. A giant new prestressed concrete beam bridge, the Zhuchanghe River bridge crosses an extremely deep, V-shaped valley near Sanbanqiaozhe. Nickey.com posted Zhuchanghe River Bridge, 224-meter-high concrete beam bridge in China. See More: https://nickeyscircle.com/architectural-concrete-bridge [This web page claims it is a cable-stayed bridge, but I don't see that.] Highway Engineering Discoveries posted again Highway Engineering Discoveries posted again Zhuchanghe River Bridge, 224-meter-high concrete beam bridge in China. |
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G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway "As of 2012, it is among the thirty highest bridges in the world." [I wonder what the ranking is among bridges that don't use cables.] |
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| 1 of many photos by Eric Sakowski in HighestBridges "The Zhuchanghe Bridge plan follows a continuous arc that gives the span the unique distinction of being the world's second highest curving bridge after the Millau Viaduct in France." |
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| Express Way Explorers posted Zhuchanghe River Bridge, 224-meter-high concrete beam bridge in China. See More: nickeyscircle.com/architectural-concrete-bridge/ Highway Engineering Discoveries posted Zhuchanghe River Bridge, 224-meter-high concrete beam bridge in China. Satish Yadav: India's Chenab Bridge is 40 meters higher than the refill tower. [Whatever that means.] |
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| Anele Ansary commented on the Express Way Explorers post Not finished yet but rumours says it will be number 2 bridge height Msikaba Bridge) Eastern Cape [I think there should be a highest for pier-based as well as for cabled.] |
Hutiaohe Bridge
"The bridge is 1,958 metres (6,424 ft [1.2 miles]) and forms part of the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway. It stands at a height of 209 metres (686 ft) above the river, placing it amongst the highest bridges in the world." [dbpedia]
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| Glabb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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| 1:59 video @ 0:47 |
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| Image by www.gog.com.cn via HighestBridges |
Tunnels, Etc.
There must have been an accident in the G60 tunnel because this is the first time I have seen some traffic on a Chinese expressway in the rural areas. And this is just a small part of the traffic jam. Note the high ratio of trucks to cars.
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| Satellite |
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| Parallel 2016 High-Speed Railroad via HighestBridges |
When I was studying the Zhuchanghe River Bridge, I noticed a railroad bridge down in the valley. This must be part of the 2016 high-speed railroad that HighestBridges mentions above.
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| Satellite |
The expressway and railroad offer a good case study in the tradeoff of using a high or low elevation for the right-of-way in a mountainous region. High RoWs have expensive bridges whereas low RoWs have expensive tunnels. (The red line below is probably not the path of the tunnel. I added it to highlight the distance between the two portals of the tunnel.) The Zhuchanghe River Bridge is on the left side of the excerpt and the Hutiaohe Bridge is on the right side.
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| Satellite |
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