Xixi Bridge is a long
suspension bridge
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on the border of
Dafang County and
Qianxi County in
Guizhou
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, China. The bridge forms part of
China National Highway 321 between
Bijie
Bijie () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.
The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity o ...
and
Guiyang
Guiyang (; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), historically rendered as Kweiyang, is the capital of Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the center of the province, situated on the east of the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, ...
. , it is among the seventy highest bridges in the world sitting above the natural river level. The reservoir from the
Hongjiadu Dam
The Hongjiadu Dam is a concrete face rock-fill embankment dam on the Liuchong River in Qianxi County, Guizhou Province, China. The dam is tall and was built for the purposes of hydroelectric power generation and water supply. The dam supports a ...
on the
Liuchong River
The Liuchong River is a tributary of the Wu River in Guizhou Province
Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the cent ...
extends below the bridge and when full, it reduces the clearance below the bridge to .
See also
*
List of highest bridges in the world
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*
List of longest suspension bridge spans
External links
*http://highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Xixihe_Bridge_Guibi
Suspension bridges in China
Bridges in Guizhou
Bridges completed in 2001
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