Houzihe Bridge

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Houzihe Bridge
猴子河特大桥
Sandu, Guizhou, China
719 feet high / 219 meters high
722 foot span / 220 meter span
2010

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The highest bridge along the last link of the Xiarong G76 expressway, the herculean Houzihe River bridge is a prestressed beam bridge with a bulky main span of 722 feet (220 mtrs) that sits atop two piers of 443 feet (135 mtrs) tall. In Europe, a bridge like this would be gracing the front covers of glossy engineering journals. Here in Western China, the structure is just another big bridge that will soon be doing its job of getting people from point A to point B. The new highway will extend from the Pacific Coast city of Xiamen to the western China city of Chengdu 1,426 miles (2,295 kms) away. There are several other high bridges nearby including the back to back Wuzeigou bridges. The name Houzihe means Monkey River.


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Houzihe Bridge Elevation


最为厦蓉高速最后一段连接线上最高的大桥,极其艰险的猴子河大桥是一座预应力梁桥,巨大的主跨达到220米,建在两个135米高的桥墩之上。在欧洲,这样规模的大桥肯定会登上工程刊物的封面的。但是在中国,这样的结构物也仅仅是又一座大桥,去承担起将人们从A地联系到B地的任务。这条新的高速公将把太平洋西岸的城市厦门和中国内陆的西部城市成都连接起来,在厦门以西1426英里(2295公里)远处。附近还有许多紧邻的高桥,比方说乌贼沟大桥。猴子河(Houzihe)的英文意思是Monkey River。


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Image by Guizhou Provincial Bridge Engineering.


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Houzihe Bridge satellite image.