Qingshuihe Road Bridge
Coordinates: 27 ° 1 ′ 49 ″ N , 107 ° 11 ′ 22 ″ E
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| use | Road traffic | |
| Convicted | Guiweng Expressway | |
| Subjugated | Qingshui River | |
| construction | Suspension bridge | |
| overall length | 2188 m | |
| Longest span | 1130 m | |
| Construction height | 230 m | |
| height | 406 m | |
| building-costs | 1.54 billion yuan | |
| opening | December 31, 2015 | |
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The Qingshuihe Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in the Guizhou Province of China . The bridge provides a road link along the Guiweng Expressway between Weng'an County and Guiyang City . The bridge shortens the connection from 160 km to 38 km.
With a height of 406 m, the bridge is the third highest bridge in the world. Its pillars are 230 m and 240 m high. The span is 1130 m and the total length of the bridge is 2188 m.
The bridge opened on December 31, 2015. It took less than three years to build.
Web links
- Qingshuihe Bridge on Highest Bridges.com (there are numerous photos of the construction progress and the completed bridge)
- Asia's Longest, Highest Steel Suspension Bridge Opens in Southwest China on: China Radio International , December 31, 2015, accessed January 1, 2016