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2014 China High Bridge Trip Photo Album
Hubei, Chongqing and Hunan Provinces

The 3-week 2014 High Bridge trip was yet another successful tour through the towering mountains of Western China with 4 big bridge fans including our first 2 U.S. tourists as well as a couple from Australia. With mostly sunny days and average temperatures the trip was great for sightseeing and photography. We also managed to get in some awesome construction tours at the Beipanjiang Railway Bridge Qinglong, the Beipanjiang Bridge Duge, the Zongxihe arch bridge, Najiehe Railway Bridge, Mengdonghe Bridge and Zhongjianhe among others.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

The special spans visited during the first week included Yingwuzhou, Siduhe, Zhijinghe, Tieluoping, Longtanhe, Shuanghekou, Zhongjianhe, Xisha and Aizhai Bridges as well as a visit to Western China's most popular National Parks of Tianmen Mountain and Zhangjiajie.

Half of our group met up at the JTARD design building across from the famous Tongji University in Shanghai. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Tongji University earthquake testing skyscraper models. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Unusual cable stayed and suspension wind testing models. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Our first bridge of the trip - the Yichang Yangtze River span as seen from the hotel. Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

The "Holiday Inn" Hongqiao. Image by John Filmer.

The giant Longtanhe beam bridge is the first super size high bridge on the G50 expressway with a deck nearly 200 meters high. Image by Jorson.

Image by John Filmer.

Yexihe Railway Bridge pier nearly 100 meters tall. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

A side view of the Yexihe Railway Bridge on the high speed line from Yichang to Chongqing City. Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Another high speed train passes in front of the towering Tieluoping cable stayed bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

The Shunaghekou Bridge is the last big structure before the G50 climbs in elevation to the Siduhe Bridge. Image by Peter Wu.

Car carriers were a common site on all of China's expressways. Image by John Filmer.

Siduhe Bridge in all of its glory. 2014 was the last year this giant held onto the title of World's Highest Bridge as both Puli and Beipanjiang Duge will surpass it in 2015 and 2016. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

Our trusty mini-van held out for 3 weeks of some nasty mountain driving save for the finicky air conditioning fuses. Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Nothing beats a nice stroll across China's highest suspension bridge! Image by Elly Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

A downstream dam reduced the height of the deck from 496 to 466 meters when the reservoir is full. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

Zhijinghe is the world's highest road arch bridge with a deck 294 meters high. Image by John Filmer.

A train passes over the short but abyss-like gorge of the Yesan River. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

The classic 1977 Yesanhe arch bridge that was once the highest in China at 125 meters but would not even rank among China's 100 highest today. Image by Jorson.

The colorful Yesanhe pipeline suspension bridge. Image by Peter Wu.

The Enshi city stone arch ranks among the 20 longest of its type in the world. Today it is only open to pedestrians. Image by Peter Wu.

No visit to Enshi would be complete without a visit to their popular Wind and Rain bridge even if much of it is made of concrete and not wood. Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

The amazing cliffs of the Enshi Grand Canyon. Image by John Filmer.

A small arch crosses 77 meters above the lower river within Enshi Grand Canyon. Image by Peter Wu.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Once the main bridge across the canyon, the original one-lane arch is now a covered pedestrian-only bridge that leads hikers down into the river gorge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Mr. Chen.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Elly Filmer.

Image by Peter Wu.

Image by Unknown.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Mr. Chen.

Image by Unknown.

The vertical cliffs and towering spires of Enshi Grand Canyon are accessible by cliffwalks that are more then 100 meters high. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Mr. Chen.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Peter Wu.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Unknown.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Stair widening. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

Image by Peter Wu.

The most famous rock formation in Enshi Grand Canyon is this impossibly narrow spire overlooking the valley hundreds of meters below. Image by John Filmer.

Image by John Filmer.

Image by Jorson.

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 The most famous rock formation in Enshi Grand Canyon is this impossibly narrow spire overlooking the valley hundreds of meters below.  Image by John Filmer.

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