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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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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• Irminio Bridge
  ...e for the method by which it was built. Like many classic Italian highway bridges of the 1970s and 80s, its construction involved the dramatic movement of so ...ers are among Europe’s 10 highest, rising 435 feet (132.5 meters) from the top of the foundations to the underside of the box beam.
  4 KB (674 words) - 04:24, 22 May 2020
• Kochertal Viaduct
  ...178 mtrs). Only the Millau Viaduct and Mexico’s El Carrizo and San Marcos bridges and China's Labajin have taller piers. World's 10 Largest Viaducts
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• Jinshajiang Bridge Taku
  ...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
  7 KB (729 words) - 21:56, 12 February 2024
• Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge
  Upon its completion in 1927, the Twin Falls-Jerome bridge was the third highest in the world, exceeded only by the Sidi M’Cid suspension bridge in Consta ...o even smaller panels. The two main towers stood 370 feet (113 mtrs) from top of foundation to road deck. Protruding out of each tower were river arms m
  5 KB (740 words) - 03:15, 9 December 2009
• Sente Bridge
  ...il the Kochertal Viaduct opened in 1979 in Germany. Italy has 6 of the 10 highest bridge piers in Europe. Sente also has two of Italy’s longest steel beam ...ll the elegance and beauty of Sente’s slender piers which taper out at the top and bottom. The design is credited to engineers Vittorio, Sergio Scalesse
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• Portugal Bridges 90 to 100 meters
  The highest bridge in Portugal at the time of its completion in 1987, the Coa bridge (9 The highest bridge located within the Lisbon city region, the Loureiro Viaduct (92 mete
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• Gokteik Railway Viaduct
  ...along with a double tower 80 feet (24 mtrs) long. These 15 towers support 10 deck truss spans of 120 feet (37 mtrs) along with six plate girder spans 60 Although larger concrete viaducts and steel cantilever bridges were constructed before and after Gokteik, no other conventional box tower
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• Baluarte Bridge/Page 2
  ...est bridges and 59 of the 63 tunnels. The Neverías, La Pinta and Rio Chico bridges were completed between 2005 and 2008 and are open to traffic. The rest of t [[Category:Bridges in Mexico]]
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• Yachi Bridge
  ...height of over 400 meters, the Yachi Bridge is not only the world's third highest cable stayed bridge but also one of the longest with a main span of 800 met ...ridges within its borders then any other region on earth. All of the high bridges in Europe combined would not equal the number of Guizhou spans that exceed
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• Austria Bridges 90 to 100 meters
  ...idge.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Talübergang Eisentratten - One of many towering bridges on the A10 Tauern Autobahn]] Äußere Nösslachbrücke (96 meters high) is the largest and highest of 3 arch bridges in close proximity along a stretch of the Brenner Autobahn. Referred to as
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