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Zhaoxing Bridge<br />
 
Zhaoxing Bridge<br />
 
肇兴大桥<br />
 
肇兴大桥<br />
????, Guizhou, China<br />
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Zhaoxingxiang, Guizhou, China<br />
 
417 feet high / 127 meters high<br />
 
417 feet high / 127 meters high<br />
 
492 foot span / 150 meter span<br />
 
492 foot span / 150 meter span<br />
 
2010<br />
 
2010<br />
[[File:Zhao.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:ZhaoxingView.jpg|750px|center]]
 
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Zhaoxing is one of more then a dozen beam bridges along the G76 that exceed 100 meters in height.  The double 150 meter spans are supported on piers as high as 113 meters.  The 845 meter long structure has a span configuration of 6x40 +83+150x2+83 +3x40 meters.
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Zhaoxing is one of more then a dozen beam bridges along the G76 that exceed 100 meters in height.  The double 150 meter spans of Zhaoxing are supported on piers as high as 113 meters.  The 845 meter long structure has a span configuration of 6x40 +83 +150x2 +83 +3x40 meters.
  
  
 
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[[File:PuliElevComingSoon.jpg|750px|center]]<br />
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[[File:ZhaoxingElevComingSoon.jpg|750px|center]]<br />
Puli Bridge Elevation<br />
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Zhaoxing Bridge Elevation<br />
 
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[[File:PuliValleyView.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:Zhaoxing肇兴大桥845.358mtrLong.jpg|750px|center]]
  
  
[[File:PuliBridgeDrawing.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:Zhaoxing127mtrH.jpg|750px|center]]
  
  
[[File:PuliBridgeConstRoads.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:ZhaoxingPier113mtrPier.jpg|450px|center]]
In 2011 a series of construction roads were created to access the foundation of one of the bridge towers.  Construction of the bridge began in 2012.
 
  
  
[[File:PuliBridgeGroup.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:Zhaoxing肇兴大桥127mtrsH6x40+83+150x2+83+3x40.jpg|750px|center]]
A group of Yunnan engineers visit the east slope of the bridge site in 2011.
 
  
[[File:PuliModel.jpg|750px|center]]
 
A group of Chinese engineers discuss the bridge design.  The simplified terrain below the model does not show the full height of the V-shaped valley.
 
  
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[[File:ZhaoxingSatellite.jpg|750px|center]]
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Zhaoxing Bridge satellite image.
  
[[File:PuliModelView.jpg|750px|center]]
 
  
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[[File:ZhaoxingSatelliteWide.jpg|750px|center]]
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[[File:ZhaoxingLocationMap.jpg|750px|center]]
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Zhaoxing Bridge location map.
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[[File:G76EastUnknownBridgesMap.jpg|750px|center]]
  
[[File:PuliSatellite.jpg|750px|center]]
 
Puli Bridge satellite image with bridge and highway drawn in.  Note how the bridge crosses the Puli River just before it empties into the Gexiang River that flows off to the right.  The Puli River likely tumbles down a waterfall-like cascade for the last 100 meters of descent before it blends into the Gexiang River. 
 
  
 
[[Category:Bridges in China]]
 
[[Category:Bridges in China]]

Latest revision as of 05:32, 4 February 2020

Zhaoxing Bridge
肇兴大桥
Zhaoxingxiang, Guizhou, China
417 feet high / 127 meters high
492 foot span / 150 meter span
2010

ZhaoxingView.jpg


Zhaoxing is one of more then a dozen beam bridges along the G76 that exceed 100 meters in height. The double 150 meter spans of Zhaoxing are supported on piers as high as 113 meters. The 845 meter long structure has a span configuration of 6x40 +83 +150x2 +83 +3x40 meters.



Zhaoxing Bridge Elevation



Zhaoxing127mtrH.jpg


ZhaoxingPier113mtrPier.jpg



ZhaoxingSatellite.jpg

Zhaoxing Bridge satellite image.


ZhaoxingSatelliteWide.jpg


ZhaoxingLocationMap.jpg

Zhaoxing Bridge location map.


G76EastUnknownBridgesMap.jpg