Wuyuandong Bridge

Wuyuandong Bridge
无源洞大桥
Badong, Hubei, China
410 feet high / 125 meters high
525 foot span / 160 meter span
1999

Located about 10 kilometers east of Badong along the southern slope of the mighty Yangtze River gorge, the Wuyuandong or Forest Park Bridge leaps across a deep creek gully along route 334 that eventually dead ends in the mountains along county road 211. The total length of the bridge is 220 meters with a main span of 160 meters. The concrete arch has a span to rise ratio of 6 to 1 with a rise of 26.66 meters. The bridge width is 1.5 meters of sidewalk, 9 meters for vehicles and another 1.5 meters of sidewalk.

A large portion of the bridge height is hidden beneath the Three Gorges reservoir. The Badong Forest Park has many kilometers of hiking trails and waterfalls.

A view taken after the 3 Gorges reservoir has almost risen to full pool. Image by RedBanditz.

The Wuyuandong Bridge is 88 meters above the water in this view. If the 3 Gorges reservoir is full the deck is only around 72 meters high. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com