Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge
Carries:Oil
Crosses:Hegigio River
Locale:Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
Designer:Ken Ross
Design:Suspension
Material:Steel
Spans:Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge
Length:470m (1,540feet)
Height:33m (108feet)
Below:393m (1,289feet)
Complete:November 2005
Coordinates:-6.3284°N 143.1052°W
Mapframe-Zoom:8

Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is, with a height of 393 metres, the world's seventh highest bridge and highest pipeline bridge. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning 470 metres over the Hegigio River. It is used for transporting petroleum oil from Southeast Mananda oil field in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge became the world's highest bridge when it was completed in 2005 and remained the highest until the opening of the Sidu River Bridge in China in 2009.

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