Difference between revisions of "Wumupu Bridge"
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乌木铺特大桥<br /> | 乌木铺特大桥<br /> | ||
Hezhang, Guizhou, China<br /> | Hezhang, Guizhou, China<br /> | ||
| − | + | 456 feet high / 139 meters high<br /> | |
492 foot span / 150 meter span<br /> | 492 foot span / 150 meter span<br /> | ||
2013<br /> | 2013<br /> | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 27 September 2014
Wumupu Bridge
乌木铺特大桥
Hezhang, Guizhou, China
456 feet high / 139 meters high
492 foot span / 150 meter span
2013
One of 4 really high beam bridges on the 126 kilometer long Biwei Expressway between Bijie and Weining in Guizhou Province,
the Wumupu Bridge is easily seen from below along local road G326 that winds down into the same river valley. The bridge has a span configuration of 9x30 +84+150+81 +2x40 meters.
Just several kilometers west of Wumupu is the giant Hezhang beam bridge with the tallest bridge pier ever built in China at 195 meters.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Extensive slope cut on the west approach to the Wumupu Bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Local road G326 twists through several switchbacks along the descent into the Wumupu valley.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Wumupu Bridge satellite image.
Wumupu Bridge location map.
