Zhaoqing Bridge
Xijiang Railway Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 23°7′18″N 112°24′11″W / 23.12167°N 112.40306°W |
Carries | Trains Only |
Crosses | Xi River |
Locale | Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge |
Total length | 604.5 m (1,983 ft) |
Width | 38 m (125 ft) |
Height | 122 m (400 ft) (steel arch bottom to arch top) |
Longest span | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
History | |
Construction end | 2014 |
Location | |
The Xijiang Railway Bridge (Chinese: 西江特大桥; pinyin: xī jiāng tè dàqiáo), is located on the Guangzhou to Nanning highspeed railway with a 450-meter main span that is the world's longest railway-only arch bridge and, together with the , the second largest steel box arch after the Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The basket handle arch carries 2 railway lines over the Xi River.[1][2][3]
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References[]
- ^ 世界最大跨度拱桥西江特大桥主拱合龙 Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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Categories:
- Arch bridges in China
- Through arch bridges in China
- Steel bridges in China
- People's Republic of China bridge (structure) stubs