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Yunyang is a rare cable stayed bridge with asymmetrical towers.  The taller tower is 85 feet (26 meters) higher above the Yangtze River.  The design was necessitated by the shipping channel being located near a steep sloping river bank that would not have allowed for a tower so far out into the river hence the smaller side span.  Like many other big bridges that are over the 3 Gorges reservoir, Yunyang's height of 341 feet (104 meters) is only half visible with the water level having been raised  246 feet (75 meters) over the old level of the Yangtze River.  
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Yunyang is a rare cable stayed bridge with asymmetrical towers.  The taller tower is 85 feet (26 meters) higher above the Yangtze River.  The design was necessitated by a steep river bank on one side that would have required constructing a very tall tower with its foundation deep under the Yangtze River.  Like many other big bridges that are over the 3 Gorges reservoir, Yunyang's height of 341 feet (104 meters) is only half visible with the water level having been raised  246 feet (75 meters) over the old level of the Yangtze River.  
  
  
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Revision as of 01:20, 13 December 2009

Yunyang Yangtze River Bridge
云阳长江大桥
Yunyang, Chongqing, China
341 feet high / 104 meters high
1,043 foot span / 318 meter span
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Yunyang is a rare cable stayed bridge with asymmetrical towers. The taller tower is 85 feet (26 meters) higher above the Yangtze River. The design was necessitated by a steep river bank on one side that would have required constructing a very tall tower with its foundation deep under the Yangtze River. Like many other big bridges that are over the 3 Gorges reservoir, Yunyang's height of 341 feet (104 meters) is only half visible with the water level having been raised 246 feet (75 meters) over the old level of the Yangtze River.


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com


Yunyang Yangtze River Bridge satellite image.