Sancaowan Railway Bridge

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Sancaowan Railway Bridge
三槽湾特大桥
Gulin, Sichuan, China
(459) feet high / (140) meters high
420 foot span / 128 meter span
2015

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Sancaowan Railway Bridge is one of two tall beam bridges on the Xudaitielu Railway that now connects Luzhou in Sichuan with Northwestern Guizhou. A central span of 128 meters rests on piers as high as 104 meters.

Also near Gulin city and approximately the same height is the Gulin Railway Bridge.

The line from Luzhou splits just west of Gulin where the route to Bijie is still under construction.


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Sancaowan Railway Bridge location map. The bridge is located several kilometers south of Gulin city.


Map of the Xudaitielu Railway line in dashed red that heads southeast towards Renhuai, Guizhou and after a split, southwest towards Bijie - also in Guizhou Province.