Xinqiao Railway Bridge
Xinqiao Railway Bridge
渝利铁路新桥特大桥
Fuling, Chongqing, China
410 feet high / 125 meters high
315 foot span / 96 meter span
2013
One of the largest railway viaducts on earth, the colossal Xinqiao Railway Bridge is part of the double track Yu-Li Railway line near Fuling and Chongqing city that connects to nearby Hubei Province. Completed in 2013, it is now possible to travel by rail from Shanghai to Chongqing in just 8 hours. Just 100 meters to the north is the similar sized Xinqiao Railway Bridge on the Yiwan Chongqing to Wanzhou HSR line opening in 2026.
Xinqiao is one of two back to back bridges that are part of the 4 largest high level railway viaducts on earth. Located to the west of Xinqiao are the Caijiagou Railway viaducts which have 2 of the largest railway piers on earth rising 150 and 139 meters meters from foundation to the underside of the beam.
The Xinqiao Railway Bridges are impressive with piers that reach a height of 116 meters on the original viaduct. The original Xinqiao is the longest of the four viaducts with a length of 2.55 kilometers. The central span configuration of 777 meters is especially impressive with a span arrangement of 52＋7×96＋52 meters. The five main piers have the signature 人 shape that is also on the nearby Caijiagou Bridges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Wang.
Image by Wang.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Xinqiao Railway Bridge pier cross section.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Xinqiao Railway Viaduct is very similar to Caijiagou but is located on the opposite side of a mountain tunnel east of Caijiagou across an even wider valley with a length of 2.55 kilometers though the piers are not nearly as high. The easiest way to tell the two viaducts apart is Caijiagou has a cross member inside of each 人 shaped pier openings while the eastern viaduct has no cross members within the piers. The Xinqiao Viaduct also has 4 piers shaped like a 人 while Caijiagou has only 3. 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
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
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
A view looking north up the Xin creek. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Xinqiao Railway Bridge drawing.
Xinqiao Railway Bridge satellite image.
A satellite view of the Caijiagou Railway Viaduct under construction in 2011 just north of the expressway. The Yangtze River is at the bottom.
A wide view showing the 4 massive railway bridges with the 2 kilometer long Caijiagou Viaducts in the upper left and the 2,550 meter and 1,838 meter long Xinqiao Railway Viaducts in the upper right that are separated by a 2 kilometer tunnel. These are arguably the four largest high level railway viaducts on earth!
Xinqiao Railway Bridge location map.
