Bridge Name: | Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge 高屏溪斜張橋 |
Official Name: | Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge |
Carries: | Freeway 3 |
Crosses: | Gaoping River |
Locale: | Kaohsiung and Pingtung County in Taiwan |
Maint: | Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau |
Design: | Cable-stayed bridge |
Material: | steel, prestressed concrete |
Fabricator: | China Steel |
Cost: | NTD2.136 billions |
Mainspan: | 330m (1,080feet) |
Length: | 2617m (8,586feet) |
Width: | 34.4m (112.9feet) |
Height: | 183.5m (602feet) |
Designer: | China engineering consultants incorporation |
Begin: | Apr 29, 1996 |
Complete: | Dec 30, 1999 |
Open: | Dec 30, 1999 |
Toll: | Electronic Toll Collection |
Coordinates: | 22.7659°N 120.45°W |
Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge over the Gaoping River connecting Dashu, Kaohsiung and Jiuru, Pingtung County in Taiwan.[1] The bridge carries the Freeway 3 and was completed in 1999.[2] The bridge is an important transport corridor between Kaohsiung and Pingtung.[2] And it is a famous landmark in Pingtung. [3] [4]