Xijiang Railway Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 23°7′18″N 112°24′11″E / 23.12167°N 112.40306°E |
Carries | Trains Only |
Crosses | Xi River |
Locale | Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China |
Characteristics | |
Design | Arch bridge |
Total length | 604.5 m (1,983 ft) |
Width | 38 m (125 ft) |
Height | 122 m (400 ft) (steel arch bottom to arch top) |
Longest span | 450 m (1,476 ft) |
History | |
Construction end | 2014 |
Location | |
The Xijiang Railway Bridge (Chinese: 西江特大桥; pinyin: xī jiāng tè dàqiáo), 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]