2013 High Bridge Trip Photo Album - Revision history

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−	~~Xinshuangxian~~ Viaduct on the new high speed line that now makes it possible to go from Chonqging city to Shanghai. The massive piers rise 114 meters and support a double line deck over 2 kilometers in length making it the world's second largest railway viaduct after the nearby Caijiagou Viaduct. Image by John Morrison.	+	Xinqiao Viaduct on the new high speed line that now makes it possible to go from Chonqging city to Shanghai. The massive piers rise 114 meters and support a double line deck over 2 kilometers in length making it the world's second largest railway viaduct after the nearby Caijiagou Viaduct. Image by John Morrison.

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−	Another giant railway viaduct. This one crosses the ~~Qingjing~~ River on the new line spur from Enshi to Chonqging. The line opened just before the end of 2013. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	Another giant railway viaduct. This one crosses the Qingjiang River on the new line spur from Enshi to Chonqging. The line opened just before the end of 2013. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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-Construction area below the third beam bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Construction area below the Lixiangxi Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The third beam bridge crosses over a tributary of the Yangtze.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The Lixiangxi Bridge crosses over a tributary of the Yangtze.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	Lixiangxi has the largest span of all at 180 meters ~~resing~~ approximately 105 meters above the Youjiang River. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	Lixiangxi has the largest span of all at 180 meters resting approximately 105 meters above the Youjiang River. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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-The first of 3 high beam bridges along a new highway between Fuling and Chongqing on the south side of the Yangtze River.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The first of 3 high beam bridges known as Chayuanxi Bridge along a new highway between Fuling and Chongqing on the south side of the Yangtze River.  The beam span of 130 meters is approximately 83 meters high.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The second beam bridge between Fuling and Chongqing.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Also 83 meters high with a 130 meter main span is the Liangshuijing Bridge, the second beam bridge between Fuling and Chongqing.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The 3rd big beam bridge between Fuling and Chongqing.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Lixiangxi is the 3rd big beam bridge between Fuling and Chongqing.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The third beam bridge has the largest span of 180 meters.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Lixiangxi has the largest span of all at 180 meters resing approximately 105 meters above the Youjiang River.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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 The 3-week 2013 High Bridge trip was another grand adventure through the mountains of Western China to visit the world's 10 highest bridges as well as many other spans and several spectacular national parks.  Our guests included 3 retirees made up of British dentist Lee Choong and engineering twins John and Ray Morrison of Australia.  Rounding out the group of bridge fans was Canadian 'In the Wake of Tacoma' bridge book author Richard Scott.  Our translator was yet another energetic Tongji University bridge engineering student with the famous name of Bruce Lee.  On board for the second year in a row was our trusty driver Mr. Chen who navigated us safely along more then 2,000 miles / 3,500 kilometers of often crazy roads.
-If there was one word to describe the 2013 trip it would be HOT!  Record temperatures were being broken throughout many parts of China during our 3 week trek and it often made it difficult to want to get out of the comfortable confines of our air conditioned mini-van to snap some photos of a bridge.  Luckily our group of gray-haired grandpas were up for anything and never hesitated or showed fear to visit any bridge I wanted to visit whether it required dodging highway traffic, climbing over a wall, hoping on a boat, hiking along a creek or taking a concrete slide down into a canyon.
+If there was one word to describe the 2013 trip it would be HOT!  Record temperatures were being broken throughout many parts of China during our 3 week trek and it often made it difficult to want to get out of the comfortable confines of our air conditioned mini-van to snap some photos of a bridge.  Luckily our group of gray-haired grandpas were up for anything and never hesitated or showed fear to visit any bridge I wanted to visit whether it required dodging highway traffic, climbing over a wall, hopping on a boat, hiking along a creek or taking a concrete slide down into a canyon.
-Our new rental car held up well as it was put through an unusually high amount of abuse along more miles of rough, bumpy and broken roads then all of my previous China trips combined.  The weather was only sunny half the time but we did manage to evade any rain for nearly the entire trip.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the food even if they did not always know what kind of vegetable they were eating but by the end of the trip we all knew what kinds of meats we liked or wanted to avoid.
+Our new rental car held up well as it was put through an unusually high amount of abuse along more miles of rough, bumpy and broken roads than all of my previous China trips combined.  The weather was only sunny half the time but we did manage to evade any rain for nearly the entire trip.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the food even if they did not always know what kind of vegetable they were eating but by the end of the trip we all knew what kinds of meats we liked or wanted to avoid.
 We are eternally gratefull to the Chinese engineers and authorities we met who were kind, generous and always willing to let us climb on their bridges like children in a playground.  These surprise tours took us above and below some of the most amazing spans in the history of bridge construction including an elevator ride up one of the world's tallest bridge towers, a walk through one of the world's largest suspension bridge trusses and a precarious hike across a chicken-wire footbridge nearly 300 meters high.  A special thanks to Liupanshui County engineer Zhou Ping and the wonderful Chen family who treated us like royalty in their own personal kingdom - the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Park.  Finally a thanks to all the Chinese locals who were always friendly and often curious as to why we would travel halfway around the world to visit their remote town or bridge.

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−	~~A view of the Chongqing skyline in our hotel.~~
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		+	A view of the Chongqing skyline in our hotel. Chaotianmen Bridge can just barely be seen on the right and Caiyuanba arch bridge can just barely be seen on the left. Image by Lee Choong.

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	Bridge fan Wang and Eric. Image by John Morrison.		Bridge fan Wang and Eric. Image by John Morrison.
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		+	A view of the Chongqing skyline in our hotel.
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	The beautiful multi-level bridge across the Qingjiang River. Image by John Morrison.		The beautiful multi-level bridge across the Qingjiang River. Image by John Morrison.
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−	The 3-week 2013 High Bridge trip was another grand adventure through the mountains of Western China to visit the world's 10 highest bridges as well as many other spans and several spectacular national parks. Our guests included 3 retirees made up of British dentist Lee Choong and engineering twins John and Ray Morrison of Australia. Rounding out the group of bridge fans was Canadian 'In the Wake of Tacoma' bridge book author Richard Scott. Our translator was yet another energetic Tongji University bridge engineering student with the famous name of Bruce Lee. On board for the second year in a row was our trusty driver Mr. Chen who navigated us safely along more then 2,000 miles / 3,500 kilometers of often ~~treacherous~~ roads.	+	The 3-week 2013 High Bridge trip was another grand adventure through the mountains of Western China to visit the world's 10 highest bridges as well as many other spans and several spectacular national parks. Our guests included 3 retirees made up of British dentist Lee Choong and engineering twins John and Ray Morrison of Australia. Rounding out the group of bridge fans was Canadian 'In the Wake of Tacoma' bridge book author Richard Scott. Our translator was yet another energetic Tongji University bridge engineering student with the famous name of Bruce Lee. On board for the second year in a row was our trusty driver Mr. Chen who navigated us safely along more then 2,000 miles / 3,500 kilometers of often crazy roads.

	If there was one word to describe the 2013 trip it would be HOT! Record temperatures were being broken throughout many parts of China during our 3 week trek and it often made it difficult to want to get out of the comfortable confines of our air conditioned mini-van to snap some photos of a bridge. Luckily our group of gray-haired grandpas were up for anything and never hesitated or showed fear to visit any bridge I wanted to visit whether it required dodging highway traffic, climbing over a wall, hoping on a boat, hiking along a creek or taking a concrete slide down into a canyon.		If there was one word to describe the 2013 trip it would be HOT! Record temperatures were being broken throughout many parts of China during our 3 week trek and it often made it difficult to want to get out of the comfortable confines of our air conditioned mini-van to snap some photos of a bridge. Luckily our group of gray-haired grandpas were up for anything and never hesitated or showed fear to visit any bridge I wanted to visit whether it required dodging highway traffic, climbing over a wall, hoping on a boat, hiking along a creek or taking a concrete slide down into a canyon.