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The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway.  Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters.  The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City.  Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996.
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The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway with a width of 33.5 meters.  Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters.  The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City.  Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996.
  
  

Latest revision as of 03:59, 8 July 2025

Yichang Baimaxi Bridge
宜昌白马溪特大桥
Yichang, Hubei, China
(771) feet high / (235) meters high
1,083 foot span / 330 meter span
2028

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The Yichang Baimaxi Bridge is a huge 6-lane arch truss that consists of steel members sandwiched between two concrete slabs on the Yichang West Ring Expressway with a width of 33.5 meters. Just a few kilometers south is the giant Nanjinguan Yangtze River Bridge with a steel box stiffened main span of 1,200 meters. The spectacular suspension span crosses a deep canyon of the Yangtze River Gorge where a lake has formed below the Gezhouba Dam near Yichang City. Also nearby is the older Xialaoxi arch bridge that opened in 1996.


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Yichang Baimaxi Bridge satellite image.


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Nanjinguan Yangtze River and Yichang Baimaxi Bridges satellite image.


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