Wulingshan Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Pengshui, China
Wulingshan Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge crossing a deep gorge with two planes of cables anchored to tall A-frame towers. The structure carries four lanes of traffic and forms a crucial link across challenging mountainous terrain.
Wulingshan Bridge carries the G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway across a tributary valley of the Wu River in Pengshui, Chongqing. The sources give no opening date; they record only that by 2012 it ranked among the world's forty highest bridges, and by 2013 its deck height was still within the global top twenty.
The bridge carries the G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway across a side valley of the Wu River in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, home to Miao and Tujia communities. Its name comes from the Wulingshan range it crosses, and drivers pass it on a long expressway route between Inner Mongolia and Guangdong.
The bridge is most easily reached from the nearby town of Pengshui and offers good viewing points from several spots along the roadway. The best time to photograph it is during daylight, especially when the sky is clear.
The deck sits 263 metres above the valley floor, a figure that placed it among the forty highest bridges in the world as of 2012. The Chinese Wikipedia article goes further, ranking its deck height within the world's top twenty as of 2013. It crosses on the G65 Baotou–Maoming Expressway, spanning 360 metres over a tributary of the Wu River.
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