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• 2013 High Bridge Trip Photo Album/Week 3
  ...e, Xixi, Luojiaohe, Yanjinhe, Liuguanghe, Wujiang, Hutiaohe and Zhuchanghe Bridges. We also toured the famous Zunyi conference building. ...to kick off the 3rd week then our tour of Balinghe Bridge, the longest and highest in Guizhou Province. A group of CCTV producers met us at the bridge to tal
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• Aizhai Bridge
  ...bridges. The first three were the Siduhe, Balinghe and Beipanjiang Hukun bridges. Of the world's 400 or so highest bridges, Aizhai has the 5th longest span with a tower to tower distance of 1,176 me
  20 KB (2,558 words) - 02:58, 19 May 2022
• Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge
  ...vince of Guizhou is known for having the greatest collection of high level bridges in the world but even for this mountainous Province, the Huajiang Grand Can ...stayed span that was built with an innovative truss traveler. Now, almost 10 years later, the deepest part of the Beipan River has been crossed with the
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• 2014 High Bridge Trip Photo Album/Week 2
  ...aohe, Balinghe, Nayong, Wuzuohe, Beipanjiang Railway Qinglong and Zongxihe Bridges. We also toured a famous museum and home of a poet in Guizhou. ...nd of Guizhou Province the G56 crosses over the Beipanjiang on the world's highest bridge at Duge. Image by Peter Wu.
  18 KB (2,579 words) - 01:13, 31 March 2015
• Grand Canyon Skywalk
  ...n of what a bridge is. If categorized as a footbridge, the Skywalk is the highest of its type in the world. ...m) thick and is made of five layers of glass. To prevent scratches on the top layer, visitors are required to wear shoe slippers. The structure can with
  10 KB (1,620 words) - 06:59, 20 July 2013
• Balinghe Bridge
  ...mountainous Guizhou Province, Balinghe is one of two super high suspension bridges along the 4-lane route. ...Bridge Hongjun, Kaizhouhu, Daduhe Bridge Xingkang and Beipanjiang Huajiang bridges.
  29 KB (3,649 words) - 02:49, 28 February 2024
• Switzerland Bridges 90 to 100 meters
  ...g|200px|right|thumb|The Sitter Viaduct towers over several classic covered bridges]] ...he Sitter River valley below are several of Switzerland’s greatest covered bridges.
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• Aizhai Bridge/Page 4
  ...koff of "Britain's Got Talent" drew an incredible 400 million viewers. In 10 years the network has seen its overall viewership increase from 65 to 880 m ...essional bungee rigger who has more then 3,000 bungee jumps from dozens of bridges and other structures in the U.S. - especially in the Pacific Northwest. He
  14 KB (2,024 words) - 18:13, 6 November 2012
• Glen Canyon Dam Bridge
  ...ears later it seems hard to believe that it no longer ranks even among the top 80 with a height of 700 feet (213 mtrs). Crossing the Colorado River about ...ong arch bridges, Glen Canyon is the 10th highest in the world and the 3rd highest in North America after the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial / Hoover
  8 KB (1,209 words) - 22:11, 9 February 2022
• DurangoMazatlanHighwayTour
  ...he SCT. This construction tour focused on approximately 25 of the largest bridges on the highway with a special emphasis on the spans of the central 94 kilom ...e eight largest beam bridges are double cantilever while the 2 longest and highest crossings are cable stayed. The 230 kilometer highway also has 61 tunnels
  36 KB (5,639 words) - 01:26, 15 March 2013
• Chenab River Railway Bridge
  ...arch bridges, China's Sichuan-Tibet Railway line has 3 suspension railway bridges that are higher than Chenab Bridge. ...of the arch lean inward with the springings 30 meters apart and the crown 10.5 meters apart. This robust design allows the structure to withstand speed
  9 KB (1,300 words) - 22:07, 15 October 2023
• Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge
  ''World's Highest Bridge 2005-2009''<br /> ...in November of 2005, the 1,289 foot (393 mtr) high bridge also became the highest bridge of any kind in the world, taking the record away from China’s 2-ye
  7 KB (1,044 words) - 00:38, 9 July 2023
• Phil G McDonald Bridge
  Of North America’s 10 highest bridges, the Phil G McDonald or Glade Creek bridge is probably the least known. Lo ...Arch Bridge”, Glade Creek still holds a record of its own as the “World’s Highest Truss Bridge”.
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• Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tilman Memorial Bridge
  ...d the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial bridge, it is also the world’s highest concrete arch bridge. ...given the millions of people who will be photographing the bridge from the top of the dam. It also would have been an opportunity to make a more dynamic
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• Aizhai Bridge/Page 3
  ...of the central bridge in Fenghuang. The bar we visited was located on the top level of the bridge. Image by Doug Frutos. ...d Mount Furong in Hunan Province on a wire 436 meters high. These are the highest known wire walks in addition to Philippe Petit's famous 417 meter high walk
  20 KB (2,996 words) - 22:08, 7 April 2015
• Jinshajiang Bridge Jin'an
  ...rastructure boom that necessitated the construction of dozens of long span bridges that have broken numerous records for span length in all the major bridge c ...ngs were celebrated for their ability to span long distances, few of these bridges were known for their height with only a few spans surpassing the 200 meter
  11 KB (1,164 words) - 23:29, 12 August 2021
• Beipanjiang Bridge Hukun
  ...Bridge on the Xingyi to Guiyang 2-lane Highway which opened as the world’s highest bridge with a suspension span 366 meters / 1,200 feet above the river. ...outside China has more than one high bridge over it - the Beipanjiang has 10! If that is not incredible enough, at least 2 more are planned for a total
  11 KB (1,180 words) - 20:25, 18 May 2022
• Zhijinghe Bridge
  ...in China’s mountainous Hubei Province, the Zhijinghe River bridge was the highest arch bridge in the world for several years. Opened on November 28th, 2009 ...he, one of the 20 largest beam bridge viaducts on earth. Throw in 6 other bridges over 150 meters / 500 feet in height and you have one of the greatest stret
  10 KB (1,125 words) - 02:41, 15 March 2024
• Longtanhe Bridge
  ...in China’s mountainous Hubei Province, the Longtanhe bridge is one of the 10 largest concrete viaducts in the world. The cable stayed Millau Viaduct in ...(496 mtrs) above the river and Zhijinghe, one of the highest roadway arch bridges in the world.
  9 KB (1,041 words) - 21:29, 3 January 2023
• Perrine Bridge
  ...Among all bridges in the world Perrine is no longer even among the top 500 highest mostly due to hundreds of Chinese spans built since the year 2000. ...Twin Falls-Jerome bridge, a colossal 2-lane cantilever that was the third highest bridge in the world upon its opening in 1927. Only the 1839-built Charles
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