Dimuhe River Bridge, Suspension bridge in Liupanshui, Guizhou province, China.
The Dimuhe River Bridge is a suspension structure that carries the G56 Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway across the Sancha River with a main span of 538 meters and a deck height of 360 meters above the reservoir surface.
The Dimuhe River Bridge opened to traffic on 26 December 2015, carrying the Bijie–Duge section of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway. It was built as a two-tower, single-span suspension bridge with a main span of 538 metres, part of an 878-metre-long structure crossing the Sancha River gorge in Dongdi Subdistrict, Shuicheng County, Guizhou.
The bridge carries the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway over a shallow reservoir on the Sancha River, the headwaters of the Wu River, between Liupanshui and Bijie. Its deck sits 360 metres above the valley, though only about 340 metres separate it from the lake surface when the reservoir is full.
The structure serves as a vital transportation link along the G56 Expressway, connecting Liupanshui with Bijie to the north and Yunnan Province to the southwest, significantly reducing travel time across the mountainous terrain for freight and passenger vehicles.
The deck sits 360 metres above the gorge, but because it crosses a shallow reservoir on the Sancha River, the clearance to the water is about 340 metres when the reservoir is full. The Sancha is the headwater stream of the Wu River.
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