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Yaoyan Bridge is one of more then half a dozen high beam spans on the G85 expressway north of Zhaotong in the Sayuhe River valley.  This last link of the G85 expressway was not completed until 2016 due to the difficult terrain that also required many long tunnels.  One 20 kilometer stretch of this expressway area is 97% bridges and tunnels.
 
Yaoyan Bridge is one of more then half a dozen high beam spans on the G85 expressway north of Zhaotong in the Sayuhe River valley.  This last link of the G85 expressway was not completed until 2016 due to the difficult terrain that also required many long tunnels.  One 20 kilometer stretch of this expressway area is 97% bridges and tunnels.
  
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Revision as of 22:20, 14 March 2017

Yaoyan Bridge
腰岩大桥
Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
312 feet high / 95 meters high
295 foot span / 90 meter span
2016

Yaoyan bridge.jpg


Yaoyan Bridge is one of more then half a dozen high beam spans on the G85 expressway north of Zhaotong in the Sayuhe River valley. This last link of the G85 expressway was not completed until 2016 due to the difficult terrain that also required many long tunnels. One 20 kilometer stretch of this expressway area is 97% bridges and tunnels.

Yaoyan Bridge has a span configuration of 17x40 +50+90+50 +14x40 meters.


YaoyanUnderside.jpg


YaoyanDrone.jpg


YaoyanBridgeSide.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


YaoyanValley.jpg

Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


G85BridgeTunnelDrawing copy.jpg

Some of the bridges and tunnels along the G85 expressway in the Sayuhe River canyon.


MazhaoBridges&Tunnels.jpg


MazhaoMap.jpg

Map of the Mazhao section of the G85 expressway that was constructed between 2013 and 2016.


YaoyanSatellite.jpg

Yaoyan Bridge satellite image.


G85ExpresswayBridgesMap.jpg

Mazhao G85 expressway map showing the many high bridges that are located on the south slope of the Sayuhe River canyon. All are over 90 meters in height except for Daguanhe which is 70 meters high.