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The 2-week 2016 High Bridge trip was another wild adventure through China's most beautiful mountain provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan. As in past trips, our guests
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The 2-week 2016 High Bridge trip took place later then usual in October of 2016 with cooler and more comfortable weather.  Our journey through the mountains of Western China was concentrated in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces with visits to over 20 of the World's Highest Road and Railway Bridges including walkway tours inside several of the suspension bridge trusses.  
  
Our 6th annual High Over China Bridge Tour is now official with plans to visit over 20 of the World's Highest Road and Railway Bridges including walkway tours of 5 of the world's highest public and private road decks including the World's Highest Road Bridge and the World's Highest Footbridge.
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Unlike past trips, 2016 was intimate and small with just Ben and Marie Usagani joining my longtime friend John and his wife Rachel.  Chinese bridge expert Zhu Fan was the official interpreter with driver Chen on board for the 6th year in a row.
  
Unlike past trips, this new tour will be geared towards bridges that are under construction with on-site construction tours of at least 10 super spans in various stages of completion that range in height from 250 to over 500 meters high. The crown jewel of these tours will be an amazing walk within the 565 meter high truss catwalk of the Beipanjiang Duge Bridge - The World's Highest Bridge ever built.
 
  
 
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Our Shanghai Airlines flight arrives in Zhangjiajie City.  Image by Eric Sakowski.
  
  
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No other footbridge in modern history made as big a splash as the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass bridge in Hunan Province.  Finally opened in 2016, this is the largest and highest footbridge span ever constructed with 99 panels of glass.  Image by Eric Sakowski.
  
  
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Visitors enter Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Bridge through a huge visitors center designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan.  Image by Eric Sakowski.
  
  
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Revision as of 02:06, 13 January 2017

2016 High Bridge Trip Photo Album
Hunan Province


The 2-week 2016 High Bridge trip took place later then usual in October of 2016 with cooler and more comfortable weather. Our journey through the mountains of Western China was concentrated in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces with visits to over 20 of the World's Highest Road and Railway Bridges including walkway tours inside several of the suspension bridge trusses.

Unlike past trips, 2016 was intimate and small with just Ben and Marie Usagani joining my longtime friend John and his wife Rachel. Chinese bridge expert Zhu Fan was the official interpreter with driver Chen on board for the 6th year in a row.


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The special spans visited during the first week included Zhongjianhe, Aizhai, Mengdonghe, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass, Qingshuihe, Yachihe and Xixihe Railway and Wujiang expressway bridges.


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Our Shanghai Airlines flight arrives in Zhangjiajie City. Image by Eric Sakowski.


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No other footbridge in modern history made as big a splash as the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass bridge in Hunan Province. Finally opened in 2016, this is the largest and highest footbridge span ever constructed with 99 panels of glass. Image by Eric Sakowski.


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Visitors enter Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Bridge through a huge visitors center designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. Image by Eric Sakowski.


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Click on Page 2 for Week Two with views of the Guizhou Province Bridges and More!

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