Yanjin Avenue Bridge

Yanjin Avenue Bridge
盐津大道大桥
Renhuai, Guizhou, China
(574) feet high / (175) meters high
1,083 foot span / 330 meter span
2024

Located just south of Renhuai City, the Yanjin Avenue Bridge is the 5th major crossing of the Yanjin River in this area of the gorge. The first crossing was the concrete truss arch that opened in 1995 and was at the time China's highest bridge at 189 meters. That bridge was followed in later years by several concrete cantilevered beam crossings just upstream.

The latest crossing consists of a wide 33 meter deck supporting 6 lanes of traffic and 2 pedestrian walkways. The north towers stands approximately 208 meters tall. The Yanjin Avenue Bridge will be the first in the area that does not cross the deep reservoir that was formed from a tall dam just 100 meters upstream of the cable stayed bridge.

The parallel concrete arch from 1995 has been closed due to structural defects and will probably be removed soon. In the meantime you can get nice views of the Yanjin Avenue Bridge from an observation tower shaped like a giant Maotai alcohol bottle that sits on a hill high up over the Yanjinhe River gorge. The famous drink is the most consumed liquor in China and a major employer in Renhuai making it one of Guizhou's wealthier cities.

Yanjin Avenue Bridge satellite image.

Yanjin Avenue Bridge location map.