Suozigou Bridge

Suozigou Bridge
索子沟大桥
Estuary, Sichuan, China
410 feet high / 125 meters high
525 foot span / 160 meter span
2012

Mostly submerged under the deep reservoir formed by the giant Changheba Dam, the Suozigou Bridge is a concrete arch located high up along the local 2-lane S211 road on the west side of the Dadu River canyon. The arch rib has a 1 to 5 rise.

Several kilometers south is the giant Dadu Changheba beam bridge 200 meters above the old river level before the rock-fill embankment dam was completed in 2016. Resting on piers 116 and 87 meters tall, the 411.5 meter long structure has a 3-span configuration of 93.5 +210 +93.5 meters. The normal reservoir level is 1690 meters.

Suozigou Bridge Elevation

Changheba Dam Drawing.

Early construction view of the Changheba Dam site on the Daduhe River.

Suozigou Bridge satellite image.

Suozigou Bridge location map.