Zhaoqing Bridge Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.cnbridge.cn/2011/1115/51058.html 世界最大跨度拱桥西江特大桥主拱合龙
  2. Web site: 中铁第五勘察设计院集团有限公司::企业文化 . 29 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150330030732/http://www.t5y.cn/inc/qiye_ywfw.asp?type=27 . 30 March 2015 .
  3. Web site: 南广铁路西江特大桥,南广铁路肇庆西江特大桥,广珠铁路西江特大桥_点力图库 . 29 March 2015 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124718/http://www.dianliwenmi.com/postimg_3172380.html . dead .