The Beipan River Shuibai Railway Bridge was the
world's highest railway bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somet ...
from 2001 to 2016. The bridge spans a deep canyon on the
Beipan River near the city of
Liupanshui
Liupanshui ( zh, s=六盘水 , t=六盤水 , p=Liùpánshuǐ) is a city in western Guizhou province, People's Republic of China. The name Liupanshui combines the first character from the names of each of the city's three constituent counties: Liu ...
in
Guizhou province
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China
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. The
arch bridge
An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...
, with a maximum height of 275 metres and a span width of 236 metres, was built in 2001 with the construction of the
Liupanshui–Baiguo railway. Here, the train runs on its highest speed.
See also
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List of highest bridges in the world
This list of highest bridges includes bridges with a deck height of at least . The of a bridge is the maximum vertical drop distance between the bridge deck (the road, rail or other transport bed of a bridge) and the ground or water surface ben ...
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List of longest arch bridge spans
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Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge
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Beipan River Hukun Expressway Bridge
External links
Beipanjiang Railway Bridge Shuibaion HighestBridges.com
Bridges in Guizhou
Arch bridges in China
Railway bridges in China
Bridges completed in 2001
Bridges over the Beipan River
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