The Xingkang Bridge or Luding Yaye Expressway Bridge as is a suspension bridge in
Luding County
Luding County (), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam ) is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China. Luding County covers an area of , and has a population of 86,234 ...
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Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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China that opened in 2018. The high deck is
one of the highest in world. The bridge forms part of the
G4218 Ya'an–Kargilik Expressway
The G4218 Ya'an-Yecheng Expressway (), commonly referred to as the Yaye Expressway (), is an expressway that will traverse the entirety of Tibet and link Ya'an in Sichuan to Yecheng in Xinjiang.
Description
In a unique case for a spur route, ...
carrying traffic over the
Dadu River
The Dadu River (), known in Tibetan as the Gyelmo Ngul Chu, is a major river located primarily in Sichuan province, southwestern China. The Dadu flows from the eastern Tibetan Plateau into the Sichuan Basin where it joins with the Min River, a t ...
. The bridge began construction in 2014 and opened in 2018. The main span of the bridge is making it
one of the longest ever built.
The bridge is located just 2 kilometres upstream from the
Luding Dam Luding may refer to:
*Luding County, in Sichuan, China
*Luding Bridge, in Luding County, China
*Christa Luding-Rothenburger
Christa Luding-Rothenburger ( Rothenburger, born 4 December 1959) is a former speed skater and track cyclist. She was b ...
and crosses the reservoir formed by the dam. Although the bridge is 285 metres above the original river the bridge sits 235 metres above the reservoir. The bridge was constructed as part of the new expressway from
Ya'an
Ya'an (, Tibetan: Yak-Nga ) is a prefecture-level city in the western part of Sichuan province, China, located just below the Tibetan Plateau. The city is home to Sichuan Agricultural University, the only 211 Project university and the largest ...
to
Kangding
Kangding (), also called Tachienlu and Dartsedo (; ), is a county-level city and the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Kangding is on the bank of the Dadu River and has been considered the histor ...
massively reducing travel times in the area.
See also
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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 ...
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List of highest bridges in the world
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People
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Organizations
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e. the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspen ...
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Luding Bridge
Luding Bridge () is a bridge over the Dadu River in Luding County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China, located about 80 kilometers west of the city of Ya'an. The bridge dates from the Qing Dynasty and is considered a histo ...
External links
*http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Daduhe_Bridge_Xingkang
References
*http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-04/06/content_28815397.htm
Bridges in Sichuan
Suspension bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2018
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