Echibang Bridge
Echibang Bridge
鹅翅膀大桥
Ganxixiang, Guizhou, China
358 feet high / 109 meters high
262 foot span / 80 meter span
2010
Completed in 2010 to bypass an older stretch of S306 that descended into a steep canyon, the Echibang Bridge has a relatively small span of 80 meters for a bridge that exceeds 100 meters in height. The older Hunan-Guizhou highway was built in 1935 and the steep grade into the river canyon necessitated the construction of a spiral in the road that the locals affectionately called the "Screw Bridge".
The new bridge is on the right and on the left is the spiral loop with the "Screw Bridge".
A bus completes a trip around the 1935 screw bridge loop.
A wider and stronger beam bridge was built to bypass the older 1935 arch.
The highline of the new Echibang bridge can be seen in the upper right.
A crew moving a large and heavy piece of equipment decided to use the older arch instead of the newer beam.
Echibang Bridge satellite image.
Echibang Bridge location map.
