Donggou Bridge
Donggou Bridge
洞沟大桥
Pengshui, Chongqing, China
(295) feet high / (90) meters high
312 foot span / 95 meter span
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Donggou Bridge is a beautiful polygon truss-arch located on an upgraded section of the 2-lane route G319. The Dong creek crossing is located just a kilometer across from the spectacular Wulingshan cable stayed bridge along the G65 Expressway.
Opened in 2009, the G65 Chongqing-Hunan Expressway is a 4-lane highway that connects the city and municipality of Chongqing with Hunan Province. Roughly following the path of the Wujiang River, the route is one more “spoke” in a hub of highways that radiate out from Chongqing - the largest inland river port and western China’s most populous city. Threading through the rugged and spectacular Wujiang River gorge, the highway traverses several high tributaries near the city of Pengshui.
A beautiful new truss arch can be seen on the old National Road 319 just North of the Wulingshan Bridge. The deck is 295 feet (90 meters) straight down or 355 feet (108 meters) high if measured to the bottom of the downstream waterfall. 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
A view looking straight down shows the thin 60 foot high (18 meter) waterfall cascade. 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 Georges.
Image by Georges.
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
A view looking south from the Wulingshan Bridge towards the new railway line bridge that follows the general alignment of the G65 expressway. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Wulingshan Gorge 863 feet (263 meters) below the deck. 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
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
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 Georges.
Image by www.cqwb.com.cn
Image by Laoniushitu.
Image by Laoniushitu.
Wulingshan Bridge cable and socket connections.
Image by Laoniushitu.
Image by Laoniushitu.
Image by Laoniushitu.
The bridge gets a paint job during the final weeks of construction.
A car began to go on fire on the bridge but was put out quickly.
Map of highway between Chongqing City and the Hunan border.
Wulingshan Bridge satellite image.
Wulingshan and Royal Gorge Bridge size comparison
New River Gorge and Wulingshan Bridge size comparison
