The Daning River Bridge is an
arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side. A viaduct ...
near
Wushan,
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The bridge opened in 2009 carrying traffic on the
G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway
The Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway (), designated as G42 and commonly referred to as the Hurong Expressway () is an east–west bound expressway that connects the eastern metropolis of Shanghai to Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan. The expresswa ...
across the
Daning River. The bridge spans making it one of the
longest arch bridges in the world.
The bridge is also among the
highest in the world however the reservoir created by the construction of the
Three Gorges Dam has increased the height of the river below the bridge and the full clearance is no longer visible.
See also
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List of longest arch bridge spans
This list of the longest arch bridge spans ranks the world's arch bridges by the length of their main span. The length of the main span is the most common way to rank bridges as it usually correlates with the engineering complexity involved in des ...
*
List of highest bridges in the world
External links
Daninghe Bridge Hurong - highestbridges.com
References
Bridges in Chongqing
Arch bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2009
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