Yachi River Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Qingzhen, Guizhou Province, China
This cable-stayed structure features a main span of eight hundred meters supported by steel towers reaching heights of two hundred fifty-eight meters and two hundred forty-three meters respectively.
Construction began in September two thousand thirteen and the bridge officially opened to traffic on July sixteenth two thousand sixteen after nearly three years of intensive engineering work.
The bridge represents a significant achievement in Chinese civil engineering and demonstrates the country's capability to construct large infrastructure projects in challenging mountainous terrain throughout Guizhou Province.
The structure carries the Qianxi Expressway across the Yachi River and connects Qianxi County in Bijie with Qingzhen in Guiyang, reducing travel time and improving regional logistics.
The bridge ranks as the fourth highest in the world with a clearance of approximately three hundred six meters above the reservoir created by the Dongfeng Dam below.
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