Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is, with a height of 393 metres, the world's
sixth highest bridge and highest
pipeline bridge
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. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is a
suspension bridge
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spanning 470 metres over the
Hegigio River. It is used for transporting
petroleum
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oil from Southeast Mananda
oil field
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Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...
in the
Southern Highlands Province
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of
Papua New Guinea
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.
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge became the world's highest bridge when it was completed in 2005 and remained the highest until the opening of the
Sidu River Bridge in China in 2009.
See also
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List of highest bridges in the world
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Transport buildings and structures in Papua New Guinea
Bridges in Papua New Guinea
Bridges completed in 2005
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