Bridge Name: | Xijiang Railway Bridge |
Carries: | Trains Only |
Crosses: | Xi River |
Locale: | Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China |
Design: | Arch bridge |
Length: | 604.50NaN0 |
Width: | 380NaN0 |
Height: | 1220NaN0 (steel arch bottom to arch top) |
Mainspan: | 4500NaN0 |
Complete: | 2014 |
The Xijiang Railway Bridge, is located on the Guangzhou to Nanning highspeed railway with a 450-meter main span that is the world's longest railway-only arch bridge and, together with the Mingzhou Bridge, the second largest steel box arch after the Lupu Bridge in Shanghai. The basket handle arch carries 2 railway lines over the Xi River.[1] [2] [3]