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Daninghe Railway Bridge is one of several spectacular crossings on the heavily tunneled Zhengzhou to Chongqing high speed railway that skirts through the mountains along the famous 3 Gorges region of Hubei and Chongqing Provinces.
 
Daninghe Railway Bridge is one of several spectacular crossings on the heavily tunneled Zhengzhou to Chongqing high speed railway that skirts through the mountains along the famous 3 Gorges region of Hubei and Chongqing Provinces.
  
The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam.  
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The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam.  There are dozens of boat tours that ply up the Daning River making it easy to travel under the railway bridge.
  
 
Other big bridges include a concrete arch over the Meixi River, a 168 meter beam span over the Pengxi River, a 260 meter beam-arch over the Shennongxi and other large beam crossings over the Tangxi, Zhuyuan and Xingshan Rivers.
 
Other big bridges include a concrete arch over the Meixi River, a 168 meter beam span over the Pengxi River, a 260 meter beam-arch over the Shennongxi and other large beam crossings over the Tangxi, Zhuyuan and Xingshan Rivers.

Revision as of 03:08, 6 April 2019

Daninghe Railway Bridge
巫山大宁河双线大桥
Wushan, Chongqing
(575) feet high / (175) meters high
(984) foot span / (300) meter span
2022


Daninghe Railway Bridge is one of several spectacular crossings on the heavily tunneled Zhengzhou to Chongqing high speed railway that skirts through the mountains along the famous 3 Gorges region of Hubei and Chongqing Provinces.

The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. There are dozens of boat tours that ply up the Daning River making it easy to travel under the railway bridge.

Other big bridges include a concrete arch over the Meixi River, a 168 meter beam span over the Pengxi River, a 260 meter beam-arch over the Shennongxi and other large beam crossings over the Tangxi, Zhuyuan and Xingshan Rivers.





Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Daninghe Railway Bridge satellite image.


Daninghe Railway Bridge location map.