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+ | Several graves hug the mountainside below the west end approach spans. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | ||
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+ | A local farmer set up a sign advertising fruit for sale to anyone who pulls over. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | ||
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+ | The fruit lady! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | ||
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− | Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | + | Roger sizes up a beam on the east end of the bridge. Located just a couple feet off the ground, the span transitions the main bridge to a smaller viaduct over a side canyon. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com |
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− | Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | + | The smaller viaduct that makes up the east end of the Hutiaohe Viaduct. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com |
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− | Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | + | Like so many big bridges constructed in rural areas, the worker housing is usually knocked down or abandoned as there is no longer any use for them once the highway is open. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com |
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The last day of the trip was a more casual tour around Kunming, the largest city in Southwest China with a population of 6 million. The main river empties into the huge lake that is the largest in Western China. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | The last day of the trip was a more casual tour around Kunming, the largest city in Southwest China with a population of 6 million. The main river empties into the huge lake that is the largest in Western China. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com | ||
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Revision as of 21:55, 17 December 2011
2011 China High Bridge Trip Photo Album
Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces
The special spans visited during the third week included Azhihe, Beipanjiang Railway, Beipanjiang 2009, Hutiaohe, Zhuchanghe, Qingshuihe Railway and Malinghe Gorge Bridges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Several graves hug the mountainside below the west end approach spans. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
A local farmer set up a sign advertising fruit for sale to anyone who pulls over. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The fruit lady! Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Roger sizes up a beam on the east end of the bridge. Located just a couple feet off the ground, the span transitions the main bridge to a smaller viaduct over a side canyon. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The smaller viaduct that makes up the east end of the Hutiaohe Viaduct. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Like so many big bridges constructed in rural areas, the worker housing is usually knocked down or abandoned as there is no longer any use for them once the highway is open. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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The last day of the trip was a more casual tour around Kunming, the largest city in Southwest China with a population of 6 million. The main river empties into the huge lake that is the largest in Western China. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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