Yeyabang Railway Bridge

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Yeyabang Railway Bridge
野鸭塝特大桥
Guyuxiang, Chongqing, China
(295) feet high / (90) meters high
262 foot span / 80 meter span
2010

The amazing Yi-wan Railway opened in 2010 as the most difficult train line project ever undertaken in China. The Yichang to Enshi section of the railway bypasses the 3 Gorges stretch of the Yangtze River with a seemingly endless succession of tunnels and bridges. It is rare for any rail line in the world to have a single bridge over 280 feet (85 meters) high - the Yiwan Railway line has fifteen that exceed that height threshold!.

With more than 70 percent of the route either in a tunnel or on a bridge, the complex geology of the terrain forced the engineers to overcome landslides, falling rocks and steep terrain.

The 15 highest bridges include Wanzhou Yangtze, Shuangliu, Sibuhe, Yeyabang, Zhoubadeng, Dukouhe, Yaojiawan, Makou, Mashuihe, Longwangmiao, Yesanhe, Yexihe, Zhaojialing, Shizikou and Luobuxi Bridges.

Yeyabang Railway Bridge is towards the eastern end of the Yi-Wan Railway in Chongqing Province. The beam span is one of at least 10 crossings over 90 meters in height on the incredible Yi-Wan Railway line that runs between Yichang near the 3 Gorges Dam to Wanxian and Chongqing City on the Yangtze River. With more than 70 percent of the route either in a tunnel or on a bridge, the complex geology of the terrain has forced the engineers to overcome landslides, falling rock and steep terrain.

Yeyabang Railway Bridge has a span configuration of 1x24+6x32 +48+80+48 +4x32+2x24 meters atop a central pier 77.5 meters tall. The total length is 585 meters.