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Revision as of 18:44, 10 January 2017
Jinshajiang Bridge Jindong
金沙江金东大桥
Gele, Yunnan, China
(525) feet high / (160) meters high
2,395 foot span / 730 meter span
2016
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.
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.
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.
Jindong Jinshajiang Bridge satellite image.
Jindong Jinshajiang Bridge location map. The crossing will probably be a few kilometers south of Gele town.
