Zhaoqing Bridge

Xijiang Railway Bridge
Coordinates 23°7′18″N 112°24′11″W / 23.12167°N 112.40306°W / 23.12167; -112.40306
Carries Trains Only
Crosses Xi River
Locale Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
Characteristics
Design Arch bridge
Total length 604.5 m (1,983 ft)
Width 38 m (125 ft)
Height 122 m (400 ft) (steel arch bottom to arch top)
Longest span 450 m (1,476 ft)
History
Construction end 2014
Xijiang Railway Bridge

The Xijiang Railway Bridge (Chinese: 西江特大桥; pinyin: xī jiāng tè dàqiáo), is located on the Guangzhou to Nanning highspeed railway with a 450-meter main span that is the world's longest railway-only arch bridge and, together with the Mingzhou Bridge, the second largest steel box arch after the Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The basket handle arch carries 2 railway lines over the Xi River.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 世界最大跨度拱桥西江特大桥主拱合龙 Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.dianliwenmi.com/postimg_3172380.html
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