GLOBALink | China completes main structure of world's tallest bridge-Xinhua
GLOBALink | China completes main structure of world's tallest bridge
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-01-17 20:18:16
ZHENFENG, Jan. 17, (Xinhua) -- China on Friday finished the construction of the main structure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in its southwestern Guizhou Province, which is set to become the world's tallest bridge.
A project of Guizhou Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd., the suspension bridge has a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface.
The 2,890-meter bridge, with a span of 1,420 meters, is also the world's largest span bridge to be built in a mountainous area.
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a ceremony marking the completion of the main structure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)Workers operate at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
