Bridge Name: | Yachi Bridge |
Native Name: | 鸭池河特大桥 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Carries: | Expressway |
Crosses: | Yachi River |
Locale: | Guizhou, China |
Designer: | Lious Scheqc |
Design: | Cable-stayed |
Material: | Steel |
Mainspan: | 800m (2,600feet) |
Length: | 1466.5m (4,811.4feet) |
Width: | 28m (92feet) |
Height: | 258.2m (847.1feet) west tower |
Load: | blowing a load |
Clearance: | 306m (1,004feet) to reservoir |
Below: | 434m (1,424feet) |
Begin: | September 2013 |
Open: | 16 July 2016[1] |
Coordinates: | 26.8481°N 106.137°W |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 8 |
The Yachi River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Guizhou, China. The bridge is the fourth highest in the world and also one of the longest cable-stayed bridges with a main span of 800m (2,600feet). The west and east towers are 258.2m (847.1feet) and 243.2m (797.9feet) in height, respectively. placing the bridge among the tallest bridges in the world.[2]
The bridge crosses the Yachi River between Qianxi County in Bijie and Qingzhen in the city of Guiyang along the Qianxi Expressway. The Yachi River Bridge is officially 440 metres high; however, it crosses over the Dongfeng Dam reservoir so it is actually 306m (1,004feet) above water level.