Wujiao Pipeline Bridge
Wujiao Pipeline Bridge
乌角输水管线桥
Leibo, Sichuan, China
(984) feet high / (300) meters high
(820) foot span / (250) meter span
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Wujiao Pipeline Bridge is the highest pipeline bridge in the world with a deck approximately 300 meters high. The spindly structure was built to carry water across a deep canyon at the mouth of a major Jinshajiang tributary that flows into the deep reservoir that was formed by the giant Xiluodu Dam. With a height of 285.5 meters, Xiluodu is among the 5 tallest concrete dams in the world and is located on the border of Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces 50 kilometers downstream from the Jinshajiang Bridge Kahaluo.
Prior to this bridge the highest pipeline bridge was the now defunct Hegigio Pipeline Bridge that spanned a 393 meter deep gorge in Papua New Guinea.
Wujiao Pipeline Bridge satellite image.
Wujiao Pipeline Bridge location map.
