Apengjiang Railway Bridge Qianzhang

Apengjiang Railway Bridge Qianzhang
阿蓬江特大桥
Qianjiang, Chongqing, China
502 feet high / 153 meters high
(551) foot span / (168) meter span
2017

The highest bridge on the Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde Railway that runs 340 kilometers between Qianjiang, Chongqing and Changde, Hunan with the famous Zhangjiajie city and National Park in the middle. Although only 23 kilometers of the line is in Chongqing Province, this is where the 2 most spectacular bridges are located across the Apengjiang and Qianjiang Rivers. The line runs for 56 kilometers in Hubei Province and 261 kilometers in Hunan Province. Bridges and tunnels make up 79 percent of the line.

Although the span configuration is unknown the large crossing of the Apen River at kilometer 19 will require a structure 1,463 meters long and likely a beam bridge. Several kilometers to the south the line will cross the tight gorge of the Qianjiang River on a railway bridge approximately 125 meters high.

Apengjiang Railway Bridge satellite image.

Apengjiang Railway Bridge location map.

Qianjiang-Zhangjiajie-Changde Railway map.