Zhaoqing Bridge

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Xijiang Railway Bridge
Coordinates23°7′18″N 112°24′11″W / 23.12167°N 112.40306°W / 23.12167; -112.40306
CarriesTrains Only
CrossesXi River
LocaleZhaoqing, Guangdong, China
Characteristics
DesignArch bridge
Total length604.5 m (1,983 ft)
Width38 m (125 ft)
Height122 m (400 ft) (steel arch bottom to arch top)
Longest span450 m (1,476 ft)
History
Construction end2014
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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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.dianliwenmi.com/postimg_3172380.html[dead link]


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