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The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. There are dozens of boat tours that ply up the Daning River making it easy to travel under the railway bridge. | The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. There are dozens of boat tours that ply up the Daning River making it easy to travel under the railway bridge. | ||
− | Other big bridges include a concrete arch over the Meixi River, a | + | Other big bridges include a 340 meter concrete arch over the Meixi River, a 200 meter beam-arch span over the Pengxi River, a 260 meter beam-arch over the Shennongxi and other large beam crossings over the Tangxi, Zhuyuan and Xingshan Rivers. |
Revision as of 07:35, 6 April 2019
Daninghe Railway Bridge
巫山大宁河双线大桥
Wushan, Chongqing
(575) feet high / (175) meters high
(984) foot span / (300) meter span
2022
Daninghe Railway Bridge is one of several spectacular crossings on the heavily tunneled Zhengzhou to Chongqing high speed railway that skirts through the mountains along the famous 3 Gorges region of Hubei and Chongqing Provinces.
The 300 meter steel arch carries a double track line high over the deep waters of the reservoir that formed from the giant 3 Gorges Dam. There are dozens of boat tours that ply up the Daning River making it easy to travel under the railway bridge.
Other big bridges include a 340 meter concrete arch over the Meixi River, a 200 meter beam-arch span over the Pengxi River, a 260 meter beam-arch over the Shennongxi and other large beam crossings over the Tangxi, Zhuyuan and Xingshan Rivers.
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
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Daninghe Railway Bridge satellite image.
Daninghe Railway Bridge location map.