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The photograph above shows how the bridge would look if it crossed over the Gexiang River gorge.  The bridge will actually cross the above view by coming straight from the left side slope and directly .
  
  
 
[[File:PuliBridgeDrawing.jpg|750px|center]]
 
[[File:PuliBridgeDrawing.jpg|750px|center]]
 
Another early computer rendering of the Puli Bridge.
 
Another early computer rendering of the Puli Bridge.
 
 
[[File:PuliValleyView.jpg|750px|center]]
 
A photograph of the real gorge site.
 
  
  

Revision as of 08:03, 20 March 2013

Puli Bridge
普立特大桥
Pulixiang, Yunnan, China
1,115 feet high / 340 meters high
2,060 foot span / 628 meter span
2015

PuliComputerView.jpg


Puli Bridge will become the highest suspension bridge in Yunnan Province when it opens in 2015. The main span of 628 meters will be unique among China's highest suspension bridges in that it will have a thin, box deck girder instead of the usual truss. The bridge crosses the creek just 200 meters before it empties into the spectacular Gexianghe River gorge.

The span is part of a new expressway that will connect the city of Xuanwei, Yunnan with the G56 and G76 expressways of Guizhou Province. This entire Yunnan/Guizhou border region is becoming a new hot spot of high Chinese bridges. In addition to Puli they include the Beipanjiang Railway, Beipanjiang 2012, Beipanjiang 2015, Dimuhe, Zongqihe and Yuzuo Bridges.



Puli Bridge Elevation


PuliValleyView.jpg

The photograph above shows how the bridge would look if it crossed over the Gexiang River gorge. The bridge will actually cross the above view by coming straight from the left side slope and directly .


PuliBridgeDrawing.jpg

Another early computer rendering of the Puli Bridge.


PuliBridgeConstRoads.jpg

In 2011 a series of construction roads were created to access the foundation of one of the bridge towers. Construction of the bridge will begin in 2012.


PuliBridgeGroup.jpg

A group of Yunnan engineers visit the bridge site in 2011.


PuliSatellite.jpg

Puli Bridge satellite image with bridge and highway drawn in.