Zhengzhou Bridge
Zhengzhou Bridge
正舟大桥
Qianjiang, Chongqing, China
(262) feet high / (80) meters high
(427) foot span / (130) meter span
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The Zhengzhou Bridge is a 4-lane arch bridge located in front of the entrance to the popular tourist area that surrounds the spectacular Qian River Gorge in the center of the city of Qianjiang, Chongqing. There are several other high bridges downstream and upstream of the Zhengzhou Bridge including the Balahu Glass Footbridge and the Ceheng Footbridge that are more than 100 meters high.
The original Zhengzhou arch bridge was 2 lanes wide but was widened to 4 lanes with another arch span just to the south. Another Zhengzhou pipeline bridge approximately 75 meters high was completed to the south of the road bridge crossing.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Original 2-lane Zhengzhou arch bridge prior to the widening as well as the construction of the Balahu Glass Footbridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Balahu Glass Footbridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Cihang Bridge.
The original 2-lane Zhengzhou arch bridge with the Cihang arch bridge in the background.
Zhengzhou arch bridge image by cqtys.
The road to the new airport necessitated the addition of a parallel arch next to the original Zhengzhou Bridge from several years earlier. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Zhengzhou Bridge view taken sometime before the apartments were constructed on the west side.
I have come across something new and spectacular every trip I have taken to China but the most incredible find yet may well be the epic cliff sculpture of the goddess Avalokiteśvara (观音) just south of Qianjiang City. The bas-relief sculpture is reportedly 123 meters high with a width of 69 meters but the full height above the river is around 275 meters based on the height of the nearby pipeline bridge. This is approximately the same height as the entire Stone Mountain in Georgia which is 263 meters from the summit to the surrounding terrain. The sculpture on Stone Mountain is just 48 x 23 meters with the outer cutout measuring 109 x 58 meters. This would make the Qianjiang Avalokiteśvara sculpture the largest of its type in the world. What is not clear is how much of the surface is made of concrete rather then just pure stone carving. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The face of the goddess Avalokiteśvara. The buddhist figure or deity is an important religious figure in many other countries including Burma, Tibet, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, India and Nepal. Image by Richard Scott.
If you look carefully you can see the fingers of the goddess. Image by Richard Scott.
The scaffolding rises nearly a thousand feet from the river floor. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by John Filmer.
Image by Peter Wu.
In addition to the Avalokiteśvara cliff sculpture, the new gorge park also offers tourists another one of Western China's new cliffwalks. This one opened in 2015. Image by Peter Wu.
Zhengzhou Bridge satellite image.
Zhengzhou Bridge location map.
