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World’s Highest Bridge
China is home to many of The World’s most amazing feats of structural engineering, not least of all are the collection of The World’s highest bridges, 8 of the 10 Worlds Highest Bridges being in China.
This edition to China’s impressive list is The Duge Beipanjiang Bridge, which holds the record for The World’s Highest Bridge. The Bridge crosses over the Nizhu River, it’s deck being 565 Metres above the waters below. The bridge forms part of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway between Qujing and Liupanshui The bridge has shortened the travel time between the city of Xuanwei in the Yunnan Province and Shuicheng county in the province of Guizhou from approx 5 hours to less than 2 hours.
This edition to China’s impressive list is The Duge Beipanjiang Bridge, which holds the record for The World’s Highest Bridge. The Bridge crosses over the Nizhu River, it’s deck being 565 Metres above the waters below. The bridge forms part of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway between Qujing and Liupanshui The bridge has shortened the travel time between the city of Xuanwei in the Yunnan Province and Shuicheng county in the province of Guizhou from approx 5 hours to less than 2 hours. The image below shows the relative remote location of the bridge,
Although completed in September 2016, The Duge Bridge was only inaugurated and open to the public on the 29th December 2016.
The Duge Beipanjiang Bridge is an amazing feat of structural Engineering
To gain some perspective of the size of the drop down to the water below, it’s almost two Eiffel Towers or one-and-a-half Empire State Buildings.
The bridge stretches across a 1,341-metre (4,400-foot) span. Three years in the making, it’s estimated to have cost the Chinese government around 1 billion yuan (or US$144 million).
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Amazing Airport Runway in Portugal
This Airport Runway is suspended high above a reclaimed ocean bay on the Portuguese Island of Madeira …
This amazingly constructed Airport Runway is on the Portuguese Island of Madeira
What the airport looks like on approach
What an awesome visual, This airport on the coast of the island of Madeira in Portugal is absolutely amazing
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Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge opens in China
The world’s longest sea crossing bridge linking Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macau opens in China after 9 years …
Video: Courtesy ABC News Youtube Channel
Hong Kong:A bridge connecting Hong Kong and the island of Macau is and the city of Zhuhai in mainland China is set to open after 9 years of construction. The bridge is part of a plan to create a better connected bay area including 11 cities and up to 68 Million people.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending a ceremony in Zhuhai on Tuesday the 23rd October 2018 and the official public opening is set for Wednesday the 24th October.
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Some other statistics of the bridge construction
Longest sea crossing bridge in the world
The bridge is 34 Miles ( 55km ) long
Contains 400,000 tonnes of steel
Built to withstand a category 8 Earthquake
Cost: 20 Billion
Contains 2 islands and a tunnel section which allows a mid section the be passable by ships
See some of the other photos of the bridge below
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
Image: Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge Project http://hzmb.hk/eng/index.html
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