The Xijiang Railway Bridge (Chinese: 西江特大桥; pinyin: xī jiāng tè dàqiáo), is located on the Guangzhou to Nanning highspeed railway with a 450-meter main span that is the world's longest railway-only arch bridge and, together with the Mingzhou Bridge, the second largest steel box arch after the Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The basket handle arch carries 2 railway lines over the Xi River.[1][2][3]
Xijiang Railway Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 23°7′18″N 112°24′11″E / 23.12167°N 112.40306°E |
| Carries | Trains Only |
| Crosses | Xi River |
| Locale | Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Total length | 604.5 m (1,983 ft) |
| Width | 38 m (125 ft) |
| Height | 122 m (400 ft) (steel arch bottom to arch top) |
| Longest span | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 2014 |
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See also
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References
edit- ^ 世界最大跨度拱桥西江特大桥主拱合龙 Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "中铁第五勘察设计院集团有限公司::企业文化". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "南广铁路西江特大桥,南广铁路肇庆西江特大桥,广珠铁路西江特大桥_点力图库". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
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