Difference between revisions of "Qingjiang Bridge Shuibuya"

From HighestBridges.com
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Created page with '<div style="font-size: 25px; text-align: center;"> Qingjiang Bridge Shuibuya<br /> 清江大桥<br /> Shuibuyazhen, Hubei, China<br /> 820 feet high / 250 meters high<br /> 1,378…')
 
Line 25: Line 25:
  
 
[[File:QixingheRoadDeck.jpg|750px|center]]
 
[[File:QixingheRoadDeck.jpg|750px|center]]
Shuibuya Dam.
+
Shuibuya Dam aerial.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
[[File:QixingheRoadDeck.jpg|750px|center]]
  
  

Revision as of 04:09, 30 April 2014

Qingjiang Bridge Shuibuya
清江大桥
Shuibuyazhen, Hubei, China
820 feet high / 250 meters high
1,378 foot span / 420 meter span
2016


The Qing River might be the most spectacular in all of Hubei Province after the great Yangtze. With its origins high up in the towering mountains of Enshi Grand Canyon Park, the Qingjiang spends most of its run between cliffs hundreds of meters high. Not surprisingly this environment is perfect for tall dams and two of the greatest in China are along its lower reaches including the 233 meter tall Shuibuya Dam.

Located just a kilometer upstream of the Shuibuya Dam, the 420 meter span Qingjiang Bridge may not look high but the reservoir beneath it is about 200 meters deep. The Shuibuya Dam was completed in 2008 as the tallest concrete face rock-fill dam in the world, a record since surpassed by China's Changheba Dam which is 240 meters tall.

The 2-lane suspension bridge has a width of 11 meters and a total length of 561 meters.


QixingheRoadDeck.jpg


QixingheRoadDeck.jpg

A rare view of the backside of the Shuibuya Dam shows how the canyon looks in the vicinity of the new suspension bridge without the 200 meters of reservoir water.


QixingheRoadDeck.jpg

Shuibuya Dam aerial.


QixingheRoadDeck.jpg


QixingheSatellite&Bridge.jpg

Qingjiang Bridge Shuibuya satellite image.



QixingheLocationMap.jpg

Qingjiang Bridge Shuibuya location map.