Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong
Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong
金沙江金东大桥
Gele, Yunnan, China
486 feet high / 148 meters high
2,395 foot span / 730 meter span
2017
The largest of two long span suspension bridges constructed to cross the deep reservoir formed by the Baihetan Dam, the Jindong Jinshajiang Bridge is a truss stiffened suspension span that connects Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces along a remote stretch of the great Jinshajiang (Yangtze River).
The 4-lane structure has a span configuration of 180+730+100 meters.
Although not as long, the Hulukou Jinshajiang suspension bridge is over much deeper water being located just 37 kilometers from the Baihetan Dam.
Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong Elevation
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Jindong Jinshajiang Bridge truss wind tunnel test.
Dongchuan Port development planned around the Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong and Xiaojiang Bridges.
Announcement of the bridge in Gele, Yunnan.
Baihetan Dam model.
Construction access bridges across the Jinshajiang River near the Baihetan Dam construction site.
Another set of catenary construction access bridges near the Baihetan Dam.
Diagram showing the 6 great dams of the Yangtze and Jinshajiang Rivers.
Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong satellite image.
Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong location map.
