Sunday, 30 April 2017

Worlds Tallest Bridge Standing at 1850ft Opens in China

The worlds tallest bridge standing at 1850ft opens in China and its provides a roadway over an enormous mountain overpass standing at a whopping 565 metres high on a gorge (1,854 feet) has been opened to traffic in south-west China.
The Beipanjiang Bridge, which reportedly cost 1.023 billion yuan (£120 million) to build, overtook the 560-metre-high (1,837 feet) Sidu River Bridge, also in China, to become the highest bridge in the world

THE WORLD'S TOP 10 HIGHEST BRIDGES (IN FEET)
. Beipanjiang Bridge Duge, China 1,854 feet (2016).2. Jinshajiang Bridge, China, 1,680 feet (2021).
3. Sidu River Bridge, China, 1,627 feet (2009).
4. Puli Bridge, China, 1,591 feet (2015).
5. Yachi Bridge, China, 1,444 feet (2016).
6. Qingshuihe Bridge, China, 1,332 feet (2016).
7. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge, Papua New Guinea, 1,542 feet (2005).
8. Baluarte Bridge, Mexico, 1,280 feet (2013).
9. Balinghe Bridge, China, 1,214 feet (2009).
10. Beipanjiang Bridge Guanxing, China, 1,200 feet (2003).

8 of the worlds top 10 highest bridges are in China. As someone said, these are Chinese that are naturally short doing extremely tall things which begets the question, what are the naturally tall countries doing ??


 



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