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Meixihe 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. | Meixihe 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 340 meter concrete arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. Just to the north of the railway bridge is the 288 meter span concrete filled steel tubular road bridge completed in 2000. | + | The 340 meter concrete arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. Just to the north of the railway bridge is the 288 meter span concrete filled steel tubular Meixihe road bridge completed in 2000. |
Other big bridges include a 300 meter steel arch over the Daninghe 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 300 meter steel arch over the Daninghe 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 04:51, 6 April 2019
Meixihe Railway Bridge
梅溪河双线特大桥
Fengjie, Chongqing
564 feet high / 172 meters high
1,115 foot span / 340 meter span
2022
Meixihe 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 340 meter concrete arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. Just to the north of the railway bridge is the 288 meter span concrete filled steel tubular Meixihe road bridge completed in 2000.
Other big bridges include a 300 meter steel arch over the Daninghe 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.
Meixihe Railway Bridge satellite image.
Meixihe Railway Bridge location map.
