2012 High Bridge Trip Photo Album/Week 2
2012 China High Bridge Trip Photo Album
Hubei and Chongqing Provinces
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The special spans visited during the second week included Yuzui, Caijiagou Railway, Wanxian, Meixihe, Wushan, Shennongxi, the big beam spans of the G42 Expressway as well as the massive 3 Gorges Dam.
Located just a few kilometers east of Chongqing Airport, the giant Chaoyangsi Bridge crosses a wide and deep valley on 3 spans of 130 meters. Image by Georges.
The latest Chongqing City regional suspension bridge is Yuzui, located on the northeast side of the city to facilitate easy access to the new airport. The main span measures 616 meters with a 100 foot wide deck that carries 6 lanes of traffic plus 2 safety lanes. The span is composed of 50 steel box girder sections that are 12 meters long with each weighing 180 tons. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Huaihua railway bridge is one of the only railway bridges to cross the Yangtze near Chongqing with 2 spans of 192 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Changshou Bridge is one of the newer spans to be built in the Chongqing region having opened in 2009 with a large main span of 460 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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Jiang poses with one of his family members. Image by Georges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
A year after our 2011 trip we revisited the gargantuan Caijiagou high speed railway bridge with 41 piers including one that reaches a height of 456 feet (139 meters), the largest of any pier on any railway bridge in the world. The massive piers are shaped like the Chinese character 人 to keep the huge structure stable. The total length of the bridge is 1 and a quarter miles or 2.05 kilometers. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Separated by a tunnel from the Caijiagou Bridge, the nearby Xinshuangxian Bridge is the world's 2nd larges railway viaduct with 7 spans of 96 meters perched on piers as tall as 114 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The very first Fuling area bridge was completed in 1997 with a main span of 330 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Shibangou was the third large Fuling area cable stayed bridge over the Yangtze with a central span of 450 meters. Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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The Wujiang River Bridge near Fuling carries the new Fengfu Expressway high above the river which is partially submerged under the 3 Gorges reservoir. The central span of 320 meters is held up by two towers of 200 and 205 meters tall. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Wujiang Fuling Railway Bridge with a main span of approximately 140 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Heizhulin Bridge is one of several giant beam spans on the new Fengfu expressway between Fengdu and Fuling cities. The central span is 150 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Lidu Bridge was the second of three large Fuling area cable stayed spans to cross the Yangtze. Opened in 2007 the main span measures 398 meters. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The biggest surprise of the trip came in the form of the 788 meter span Qingcaobei Yangtze suspension bridge. With no word of it on any bridge blogs or websites, it was quite a shock to see it off in the distance while traveling along a local highway. This is also the first suspension bridge in the world to have a full sized prestressed approach span. This unique T-beam is composed of two 90 meter spans. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The process of installing the hundreds of suspender cables had just started. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The bridge will be among the highest to cross a wide river with a deck more then 100 meters high. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
The Chinese fast food chain Dico's is the third largest in China after McDonald's and KFC so we decided to try it out during our stay in Fuling. Most of us preferred the authentic (and cheaper) Chinese food. Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
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Image by Georges.
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Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Georges.
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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Image by Georges.
Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
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Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Georges.
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Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
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Image by Jiang Changjiang.
Image by Georges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
Image by Jiang Changjiang.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Georges.
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Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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Image by Jiang Changjiang.
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