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The Baling River Bridge (Balinghe Bridge) () is a
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
in
Guanling County in
Guizhou
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Province of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
. The bridge spans the Baling River Valley and opened to public traffic on December 23, 2009. The bridge is part of the
G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway between
Kunming
Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...
and
Guiyang
Guiyang; Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively as Kweiyang is the capital of Guizhou, Guizhou province in China. It is centrally located within the province, on the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, eastern part of the Yun ...
and reduced the travel time across the river valley from one hour to four minutes. The suspension span is long, and the bridge has a total length of . It is also one of the
world's highest bridges with of clearance above the river.
Gallery
File:Baling-river-bridge-6223650-2.jpg
File:Balinghe Bridge-2.jpg, Showing the suspension
File:Construction of Balinghe Bridge.jpg, Construction plans
See also
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Bailang River Bridge Ferris Wheel, a giant wheel on a similarly-named bridge in Weifang, Shandong, China
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List of bridges in China
This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605.
During the infrastructur ...
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List of longest suspension bridge spans
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of ...
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List of highest bridges in the world
References
External links
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Balinghe Bridge - HighestBridges.comon HighestBridges.com
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Bridges in Guizhou
Suspension bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2009