2014 High Bridge Trip Photo Album/Week 3

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2014 China High Bridge Trip Photo Album
Yunnan Province


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The special spans visited during the third week included Beipanjiang Duge, Beipanjiang Shuipan, Nanpanjiang Railway and Qingshuihe Railway. We also toured the Malinghe River gorge, Dali City, Lijiang City and the world famous Tiger Leaping Gorge.


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A view of how the Beipanjiang Duge Bridge will look in 2016 when it opens as the World's Highest Bridge with a deck drop of at least 564 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The Beipanjiang Duge Bridge headquarters from 160 meters up on the tower. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The Gexiang River can be seen flowing under the crane towards its confluence with the Beian River. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Two small footbridges across the Beipan and Gexiang Rivers. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The Guizhou towers reach a height of 170 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Large steel tubes make up the temporary support scaffolding on the Guizhou tower. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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A view across the canyon towards the Yunnan side. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Progress on the Yunnan towers has fallen behind the Guizhou tower. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by John Filmer.


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Image by John Filmer.


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Our trip to southern Guizhou was along the new Shuipan expressway with the giant Beipanjiang beam bridge that contains one of the 10 longest beam spans in the world at 290 meters. The deck is 245 meters above the river. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by John Filmer.


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The spectacular Wanglongbao Bridge is next on the Shuipan expressway with a drop of 208 meters on a span 160 meters long. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The small but impressive Wanlong arch bridge as seen from the Wanglongbao Bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Panxian City is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Guizhou with expressway and high speed railway access arriving soon in both North-South and East-West directions. Image by John Filmer.


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Image by Peter Wu.


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LED lighting is everywhere in Panxian. Image by John Filmer.


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This triple arch bridge was just down the street from our hotel. Image by John Filmer.


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The new Malinge cable stayed bridge is one of many large bridges that are planned or under construction across the deep canyon near Xingyi City. Image by Peter Wu.


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The local police shooed us off the bridge. Image by John Filmer.


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Our Xingyi city hotel had some interesting animal sculptures on each floor. Image by John Filmer.


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The amazing waterfalls of the Maling River gorge were at full volume from recent rains. Image by John Filmer.


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The 73 meter high cliff elevator that brings tourists out of the gorge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The driver was intent on getting himself in the perfect photo spot! Image by Jorson.


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One of the many architectural wonders of Xingyi city! Image by John Filmer.


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Still one of the highest beam railway bridges in the world at 180 meters, the Qingshuihe Railway crossing is also one of the most beautiful. Image by Peter Wu.


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Image by John Filmer.


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The moment before my hat flew off into the gorge! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The main plaza in Xingyi city was a lively place. Image by Peter Wu.


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An older and a newer concrete arch cross the Maling River in the southern end of Xingyi city. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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The newest entry in the Maling River family is this 110 meter high arch near the north end of Xingyi City that will open in 2015. The wide concrete arch bridge will have a main span of 152 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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To get across the gorge we all had to cross an old stone arch at the bottom of the valley that is hundreds of years old. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by John Filmer.


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The Nanpanjiang Railway Bridge is the world's 3rd longest concrete arch and was designed by Xie Hai Qing who gave us a tour of the slightly larger Beipanjiang Railway Bridge near Qinglong. Both spans have similar dimensions with a 100 meter arch rise but the span of Nanpanjiang is 29 meters shorter then the Beipan crossing. The new high speed railway line will open in 2016 allowing super fast travel between southern cities like Shenzhen and Hong Kong with Kunming. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by Peter Wu.


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The nicest hotel of the trip was the Hao Bang Hotel in Mile, Yunnan where some of us did some stellar singing at the Karaoke club located just below the hotel. Image by John Filmer.


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Image by John Filmer.


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Our driver Mr. Chen belts out a tune. Image by Elly Filmer.


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Biao smolders us all with his rendition of Kenny Rogers' "Lady". Image by Elly Filmer.


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Image by Elly Filmer.


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Image by Elly Filmer.


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Say goodbye to the nicest room in Yunnan Province! Image by John Filmer.


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An umbrella with an image of either the famous Wuhan or Nanjing Yangtze Railway Bridge. Daqiao means Big Bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Nothing like taking a smoke break during lunch! Image by John Filmer.


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The biggest tourist attraction in all of Yunnan Province is the Shilin Stone Forest where unusual rock formations bend and distort themselves into odd shapes and curves. Image by Peter Wu.


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Image by John Filmer.


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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


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Image by John Filmer.


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Image by John Filmer.


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Image by Jorson.


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Image by Jorson.


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Image by John Filmer.


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Image by Peter Wu.


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Image by Elly Filmer.


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By sheer coincidence we met Beipanjiang and Nanpanjiang Railway Bridge designer Xie Hai Qing and his wife and daughter at the stone forest. Image by Unknown.


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