Baling River Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Baling River Bridge
Native Name:坝陵河大桥
Native Name Lang:Chinese
Other Name:Ba Lin He Bridge
Carries: G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway
Locale:Guanling County, Guizhou, China
Design:Suspension
Material:Steel
Mainspan:1088m (3,570feet)
Length:2237m (7,339feet)
Width:24.5m (80.4feet)[1]
Height:204.5m (670.9feet) West tower
Below:370m (1,210feet)
Open:December 23, 2009
Coordinates:25.9611°N 105.6294°W

The Baling River Bridge (Balinghe Bridge) (Chinese: 坝陵河大桥) is a suspension bridge in Guanling County in Guizhou Province of China.[2] The bridge spans the Baling River Valley and opened to public traffic on December 23, 2009.[3] The bridge is part of the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway between Kunming and Guiyang and reduced the travel time across the river valley from one hour to four minutes.[4] The suspension span is 1088m (3,570feet) long, and the bridge has a total length of 2237m (7,339feet). It is also one of the world's highest bridges with 370m (1,210feet) of clearance above the river.[5] [6]

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  1. http://m.xinhuanet.com/gz/2023-05/21/c_1129632225.htm
  2. Moor . Gianni . Colm O’Suilleabhain . December 10, 2007 . Size No Object . Bridge Design & Engineering . 49 . January 22, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101026195334/http://bridgeweb.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/1382/Size_no_object.html . October 26, 2010 . dead .
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151327/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/23/content_12694552.htm Balinghe Bridge opened to traffic in China's Guizhou Province
  4. (Chinese) "坝陵河大桥23日正式通车 沪瑞高速公路全线贯通" Xinhua 2009-12-23
  5. Web site: LONG-SPAN CABLE-SUPPORTED BRIDGES by Juhani VIROLA . 2009-05-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722143916/http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/casu.rtf . 2011-07-22 . dead .
  6. http://koti.kontu.la/jvirola/acem-balinghe.pdf The Balinghe Bridge in China – World’s Highest Bridge