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The Long River Bridge or Longjiang Bridge (龙江特大桥) is a suspension bridge near Baoshan, 
The project cost around 1.96 billion Yuan.
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
, 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 main span of the bridge is making it one of the longest ever built. The bridge is also one of the highest in world sitting above the river below. The bridge completed construction in April, 2016, and is open to public on May 1, 2016.
The project cost around 1.96 billion Yuan.
Geography
The bridge is part ofS10 Baoshan–Tengchong Expressway
S10 Baoshan–Tengchong Expressway also known as Baoteng Expressway is a province-level expressway in Yunnan, China. It connects the city of Baoshan and Tengchong. The expressway was built between 2007 and 2016. The key project of the expressway ...
, connecting the cities of Baoshan and Tengchong in southwest China, and going straight to Myanmar. It crosses the Long River Valley, the largest natural obstacle on the Baoteng Expressway. Prior to the bridge, going from Baoshan to Tengchong involves a detour down to the valley floor.
See also
*List of bridges in China
This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605.
During the infrastructu ...
* List of highest bridges
This list of highest bridges includes bridges with a deck height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop distance between the deck (bridge), bridge deck (the road, rail or other transport bed of a bridge) and the ground or wa ...
* List of longest suspension bridge spans
References
Bridges in Yunnan Suspension bridges in China Transport in Baoshan, Yunnan Bridges completed in 2016 {{PRChina-bridge-struct-stub