Xinzhai Bridge

Xinzhai Bridge
新寨大桥
Fa’er Bouyei, Guizhou, China
427 feet high / 130 meters high
394 foot span / 120 meter span
2013

Xinzhai is the smallest of 4 giant beam bridges that traverse over or along the deep Beipanjinag River valley on the the Shuipan 水盘高速公路 expressway that connects the city of Liupanshui and the G56 with the G60 expressway in Shuicheng and Panxian Counties. The bridge has a span configuration of 70+120+70+40 meters.

Just two kilometers north of Xinzhai is the giant Laoyingyan Bridge with two spans of 160 meters. Then 4 kilometers north is the Wanglongbao Bridge with a 160 meter beam span that soars 250 meters above a deep canyon abyss. Finally 6 kilometers north is the massive Beipanjiang 2013 Bridge with the longest beam span ever attempted on a high level bridge with a distance of 290 meters between piers. Between all these expressway bridges is the famous 2001 Beipanjiang Railway Bridge with a height of 275 meter. There are few places in the world where there are 4 high bridges in such close proximity to each other. The 4 giant beam bridges are located at kilometers 31, 33, 35 and 37.

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