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Latest revision as of 04:30, 7 February 2025
New Xialaoxi Bridge
下牢溪特大桥
Yichang, Hubei, China
(919) feet high / (280) meters high
1,247 foot span / 380 meter span
2028
The New Xialaoxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway. Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters. The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City. Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
https://www.highestbridges.com//wiki/index.php?title=Nanjinguan_Yangtze_River_Bridge
https://www.highestbridges.com//wiki/index.php?title=Xialaoxi_Bridge
New Xialaoxi Bridge satellite image.
Nanjinguan Yangtze River and New Xialaoxi Bridges satellite image.
