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]