Yaoyan Bridge
Yaoyan Bridge
腰岩大桥
Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
312 feet high / 95 meters high
295 foot span / 90 meter span
2016
Yaoyan Bridge is one of more then half a dozen high beam spans on the G85 expressway north of Zhaotong in the Sayuhe River valley. This last link of the G85 expressway was not completed until 2016 due to the difficult terrain that also required many long tunnels. One 20 kilometer stretch of this expressway area is 97% bridges and tunnels.
Yaoyan Bridge has a span configuration of 17x40 +50+90+50 +14x40 meters.
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
Some of the bridges and tunnels along the G85 expressway in the Sayuhe River canyon.
Map of the Mazhao section of the G85 expressway that was constructed between 2013 and 2016.
Yaoyan Bridge satellite image.
Mazhao G85 expressway map showing the many high bridges that are located on the south slope of the Sayuhe River canyon. All are over 90 meters in height except for Daguanhe which is 70 meters high.