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Located in Chongqing just across the border from Guizhou Province, the Anwen Bridge is the northernmost high bridge along the G75 expressway that connects Chongqing city with Guiyang city.   
 
Located in Chongqing just across the border from Guizhou Province, the Anwen Bridge is the northernmost high bridge along the G75 expressway that connects Chongqing city with Guiyang city.   
  
The Anwen River travels through a deep concrete trough exactly 100 meters below the deck level.  Sometime after it was completed, unknown problems with the underside of the concrete beam were significant enough that bridge engineers had steel plates added to the main box beam for added strength.
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The Anwen River travels through a deep concrete trough exactly 100 meters below the deck level.  Just after it was completed, problems with the quality of the concrete began to surface requiring concrete repairs to the bottom surface of the base plate, the outer web and the flange plate.  Epoxy concrete was also used as well as steel reinforcement plates that are easy to see on the outside of the main box beam.
  
  

Revision as of 20:32, 22 February 2016

Anwen Bridge
安稳大桥
Anwenzhen, Chongqing, China
328 feet high / 100 meters high
689 foot span / 210 meter span
2006

AnwenBridgePierView.jpg


Located in Chongqing just across the border from Guizhou Province, the Anwen Bridge is the northernmost high bridge along the G75 expressway that connects Chongqing city with Guiyang city.

The Anwen River travels through a deep concrete trough exactly 100 meters below the deck level. Just after it was completed, problems with the quality of the concrete began to surface requiring concrete repairs to the bottom surface of the base plate, the outer web and the flange plate. Epoxy concrete was also used as well as steel reinforcement plates that are easy to see on the outside of the main box beam.


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Anwen Bridge location map.