Liuguanghe Bridge is a beam bridge at Liu Guangzhen, Guizhou,

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. It held the record for world's highest bridge between 2001 and 2003, surpassing the 72-year-old,

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, until the opening of the Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge. , it is still the highest beam bridge and is among the twenty highest bridges in the world. The Liuguanghe Bridge forms part of China National Highway 321 between

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and

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and has a span. The highest pillar, which sits on the edge of a steep, deep valley, is 90 metres high.

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* Bridges in Guizhou Bridges completed in 2001 {{PRChina-road-stub

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