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| − | One of the most spectacular bridges on a highway filled with many great beam bridges, the Jiaoziping Bridge crosses a deep cut high up on the slope of the Xigou River canyon. Located just 8 kilometers east of the giant Daninghe River Bridge on the G42 expressway, Jiaoziping has a span configuration of 5 × 20 + (65 +120 +65) meters. The piers are 93 and 82 meters tall. What makes the Jiaoziping Bridge unnerving is the precariously steep slopes that would seem to be impossible to build on. Yet there they are - two sets of piers, 93 and 82 meters tall, planted into the side of a mountain. The western slope is especially steep with nearly | + | One of the most spectacular bridges on a highway filled with many great beam bridges, the Jiaoziping Bridge crosses a deep cut high up on the slope of the Xigou River canyon. Located just 8 kilometers east of the giant Daninghe River Bridge on the G42 expressway, Jiaoziping has a span configuration of 5 × 20 + (65 +120 +65) meters. The piers are 93 and 82 meters tall. What makes the Jiaoziping Bridge unnerving is the precariously steep slopes that would seem to be impossible to build on. Yet there they are - two sets of piers, 93 and 82 meters tall, planted into the side of a mountain. The western slope is especially steep with nearly 15 meters of the foundation piles exposed below the bottom of the piers. |
| − | + | The stretch of the G42 west of Wushan in Chongqing Province was completed in 2009 while the eastern stretch of the G42 in Hubei Province opened in 2013. | |
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Revision as of 07:01, 28 June 2013
Jiaoziping Bridge
椒子坪大桥
Wushan, Chongqing, China
500 feet high / 152 meters high
394 foot span / 120 meter span
2012
One of the most spectacular bridges on a highway filled with many great beam bridges, the Jiaoziping Bridge crosses a deep cut high up on the slope of the Xigou River canyon. Located just 8 kilometers east of the giant Daninghe River Bridge on the G42 expressway, Jiaoziping has a span configuration of 5 × 20 + (65 +120 +65) meters. The piers are 93 and 82 meters tall. What makes the Jiaoziping Bridge unnerving is the precariously steep slopes that would seem to be impossible to build on. Yet there they are - two sets of piers, 93 and 82 meters tall, planted into the side of a mountain. The western slope is especially steep with nearly 15 meters of the foundation piles exposed below the bottom of the piers.
The stretch of the G42 west of Wushan in Chongqing Province was completed in 2009 while the eastern stretch of the G42 in Hubei Province opened in 2013.
The Western piers were built on slopes that are between 60 and 80 degrees.
A banner touts the 93 meter height of the piers. Another 15 meters of round piles can be seen below.
