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Aizigou Bridge is one of several big beam crossings on the 2-lane access road that was built from Hulukouzhen to the Baihetan Dam. One of the tallest concrete dams in the world at 277 meters, Baihetan created a lake over 200 kilometers long on the Jinshajiang River. Baihetan will also be the 2nd largest power generating station in the world. | Aizigou Bridge is one of several big beam crossings on the 2-lane access road that was built from Hulukouzhen to the Baihetan Dam. One of the tallest concrete dams in the world at 277 meters, Baihetan created a lake over 200 kilometers long on the Jinshajiang River. Baihetan will also be the 2nd largest power generating station in the world. | ||
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| + | Just a kilometer upstream across the Aizi creek is the Baihetan Bridge on the G4216 Expressway Ningnan section with a main span of 100 meters but only around 50 meters high. | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:38, 7 October 2024
Aizigou Bridge
矮子沟大桥
Ningnan, Sichuan, China
302 feet high / 92 meters high
(459) foot span / (140) meter span
2015
Aizigou Bridge is one of several big beam crossings on the 2-lane access road that was built from Hulukouzhen to the Baihetan Dam. One of the tallest concrete dams in the world at 277 meters, Baihetan created a lake over 200 kilometers long on the Jinshajiang River. Baihetan will also be the 2nd largest power generating station in the world.
In 2012 a huge slide along Aizigou creek wiped out a Baihetan Dam worker campsite, killing 42 people.
Just a kilometer upstream across the Aizi creek is the Baihetan Bridge that opened in 2024 on the G4216 Expressway Ningnan section with a main span of 100 meters.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Just a kilometer upstream across the Aizi creek is the Baihetan Bridge on the G4216 Expressway Ningnan section with a main span of 100 meters but only around 50 meters high.
The huge slide along Aizigou creek from 2012 that killed 42 people.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Aizigou Bridge satellite image.
Aizigou Bridge location map.
Baihetan Dam satellite image.
Baihetan Dam model.
Construction access bridges across the Jinshajiang River near the Baihetan Dam construction site.
Another set of catenary construction access bridges near the Baihetan Dam.
Diagram showing the 6 great dams of the Yangtze and Jinshajiang Rivers.
