Liuguanghe Xiqian Expressway Bridge, Cable-stayed bridge in Guizhou, China
Liuguanghe Xiqian Expressway Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Liuguang River, a middle reach of the Wu River, on the border of Xiuwen County and Qianxi City in Guizhou. Its 580-metre main span is carried by two reinforced-concrete towers of folded-H shape, 236 and 248 metres high, with a deck 27.7 metres wide.
The bridge was completed in 2017 as part of a broader effort to connect remote mountain areas in Guizhou. Its opening marked a major step in improving access to the region.
The bridge's name comes from the Liuguang River, the stretch of the middle Wu River it crosses between Liutong Town in Xiuwen County and Tailai Township in Qianxi. Its deck sits 328 metres above the reservoir at high water and 375 metres at low water, and the tower tops rise 495 metres above the river. The crossing is the control project of the Xifeng–Qianxi expressway, the 'third horizontal' of Guizhou's highway network.
The bridge carries traffic on the Xifeng–Qianxi Expressway between Xiuwen and Qianxi. Its deck sits 328 metres above the reservoir at high water and 375 metres above the original river level. Approach roads on both sides offer views of the 580-metre main span and the 248-metre tower on the Qianxi bank.
The deck sits 328 metres above the reservoir at high water and 375 metres above the low-water mark, while the top of the tallest tower, on the Qianxi bank, rises 495 metres above the river. The Wujiangdu Dam downstream raised the water under the span, cutting the clear height to about 300 metres.
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