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The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway with a width of 33.5 meters. Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters. The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City. Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996. | The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway with a width of 33.5 meters. Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters. The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City. Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 6 January 2026
Yichang Baimaxi Bridge
宜昌白马溪特大桥
Yichang, Hubei, China
(771) feet high / (235) meters high
1,083 foot span / 330 meter span
2028
The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway with a width of 33.5 meters. Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters. The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City. Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
https://www.highestbridges.com//wiki/index.php?title=Nanjinguan_Yangtze_River_Bridge
https://www.highestbridges.com//wiki/index.php?title=Xialaoxi_Bridge
Yichang Baimaxi Bridge satellite image.
Nanjinguan Yangtze River and Yichang Baimaxi Bridges satellite image.
