Images and dimensions of the Huajiang Canyon Bridge, the highest bridge in the world: it will be open in June

In the province of Guizhou, China south-western, a majestic work is under construction: the highest bridge in the world which will be inaugurated a June this year. It is the Huajiang Canyon Bridgea giant of 22,000 tons which will take over the Huajiang throat crossed by the river Beipan. In this particular Chinese geographical region, characterized by high mountains dotted by rural villagesis about 50 percent of the highest bridges on the planet.

Until the infrastructure is completed, the record will continue to belong to another local bridge, the Duge bridgewhich communicates the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The Strallato Duge bridge is built on a canyon crossed by a Biipan tributary (Nizhu) and is located in Ben 565 meters highsurmounted by a tower of Ben 270 meters. But its incredible record will be swept away by the new, majestic engineering work in the autonomous county of Guanling Buyi and Miao.

Based on the data indicated by the Chinese Xinhua Chinese state press agency, the Huajiang Canyon Bridge will have a total length of 2,980 meters and a gigantic main span of beyond 1,400 meters. The road surface will take the underlying Beipan river at the dizzying height of 625 meters60 meters more than the current record holder. The two main towers of the suspended bridge will instead have dimensions similar to those of the Duge Bridge, also known as Ponte Beipanjiang. For this specific detail, the record will continue to belong to the towers of the Millau viaduct In the Tarn valley (southern France), which are about 70 meters higher than Chinese ones. The weight of the new bridge is comparable to that of the Colosseum or more than double the Eiffel Tour (In addition to the iron supporting structure of 7,000 tons, the French monument houses lifts and other structures for another 3,000 tons). The overall cost of the highest bridge in the world is as sumptuous as its size: almost 250 million euros.

The main purpose of the Huajiang Canyon Bridge is to communicate i rural centers of the area like other bridges built along the throat. Suffice it to know that thanks to this work, when it is completed and open to the public, it will be possible to go from one part of the canyon to the other In just one minuteagainst the 70 minutes Currently necessary for those who live on one of the two sides. In addition to embellishing the local road network (the bridge was built in the context of the construction of the Liuzh – Anlong highway), the Huajiang Canyon Bridge will also have the aim of revitalizing the social fabric And the economy of the region, especially thanks to tourism. In fact, an innovative and technological will be built in the canyon Extreme sports centerwhose flagship will be the bunjee jumping highest in the world. Obviously from the aforementioned bridge, which will also be enriched by a spectacular glass catwalk Absolutely not recommended for those suffering from dizziness. Everything will be embellished with new residential centers to attract investors and private citizens.

“Seeing my job becoming something tangible, seeing the bridge growing day after day and finally wearing the canyon above, it gives me a deep sense of realization and pride,” said the chief engineer Li Zhao. All that remains is to wait for the conclusion of the work and the inauguration, as indicated expected for the month of June. It cannot be excluded that in the same region, between the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan, in the future they cannot be built even higher and more impressive bridges than this.