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-Tianxingzhou broke records in 2009 when it became the longest combination road and rail cable stayed bridge in the world with a span of 504 meters.  The incredibly bulky concrete towers support a rarely seen triple plane of cable stays.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Tianxingzhou broke records in 2009 when it became the longest combination road and rail cable stayed bridge in the world with a span of 504 meters.  Since then several other Yangtze spans have surpassed it.  The incredibly bulky concrete towers support a rarely seen triple plane of cable stays.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-With a tower to tower span of 1,280 meters, the Yangluo suspension bridge is one of the dozen longest spans on earth.  The "X" shaped Andrews cross bracing give the towers a distinctive look.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+With a tower to tower span of 1,280 meters, the Yangluo Bridge is one of the 20 longest suspension spans on earth.  The "X" shaped Andrews cross bracing give the towers a distinctive look.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-When it opens in 2013, the Jiujiang bridge is going to rearrange the "Top 10" list of cable stayed spans with a steel box center span of 818 meters.  This is just 2 meters longer then upstream neighbor Jingyue Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+When it opens in 2013, the Jiujiang bridge is going to rearrange the top 20 list of cable stayed spans with a steel box center span of 818 meters.  This is just 2 meters longer then upstream neighbor Jingyue Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-Opening in 2013, the 4th Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge will be one of the longest span suspension bridges in the world with a tower to tower distance of 1,418 meters.  The material within both 229 meter tall towers is mainly concrete, but at the top of each tower there is a unique steel cross-beam arch between the tower legs.  The 6-lane deck of the bridge consists of a streamlined steel box girder with an overall width of 38.2 meters and a depth of 3.5 meters.  The estimated cost is about 17.7 million yuan (CNY) or 2.6 billion dollars (USD). Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Opening in 2013, the 4th Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge is one of the longest span suspension bridges in the world with a tower to tower distance of 1,418 meters.  The material within both 229 meter tall towers is mainly concrete, but at the top of each tower there is a unique steel cross-beam arch between the tower legs.  The 6-lane deck of the bridge consists of a streamlined steel box girder with an overall width of 38.2 meters and a depth of 3.5 meters.  The estimated cost is about 17.7 million yuan (CNY) or 2.6 billion dollars (USD). Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The world's tallest transmission towers cross the Yangtze River near the Jiangyin Bridge.  With a height of 346.5 meters these monsters dwarf even the Eiffel Tower.  A spiral staircase and a one-man elevator are the only way maintenance workers can reach the top!  The cables span 2.3 kilometers between the two towers.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The world's second tallest transmission towers cross the Yangtze River near the Jiangyin Bridge.  With a height of 346.5 meters these monsters dwarf even the Eiffel Tower.  A spiral staircase and a one-man elevator are the only way maintenance workers can reach the top!  The cables span 2.3 kilometers between the two towers.  In nearby Ningbo an even taller set of transmission towers reach 370 meters in height.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge was the most seaward bridge to cross the Yangtze River of China at the time of its completion in 1999.  Since then the Sutong and Shanghai Chongming Bridge/Tunnel have been constructed further downstream. With a main span of 1,385 meters, Jiangyin was the first really long span bridge to be built in China and is still among the world's top 10 longest spans.  The 190 meter tall concrete towers support a streamlined steel box girder deck.  Since this was in the early era of large Chinese bridge building, the construction was conducted by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of the United Kingdom.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The Jiangyin Suspension Bridge was the most seaward bridge to cross the Yangtze River of China at the time of its completion in 1999.  Since then the Sutong and Shanghai Chongming Bridge/Tunnel have been constructed further downstream. With a main span of 1,385 meters, Jiangyin was the first really long span bridge to be built in China and is still among the world's top 20 longest spans.  The 190 meter tall concrete towers support a streamlined steel box girder deck.  Since this was in the early era of large Chinese bridge building, the construction was conducted by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company of the United Kingdom.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-With a span of 1,088 meters, the Sutong Bridge had the longest cable-stayed span in the world from 2007 to 2012 before it was surpassed by Russia's Russky Island Bridge.  The two towers of the Sutong Bridge are 300 metres high and are the third tallest in the world behind the Russky Island and Millau Bridges.  But with a deck 41 meters wide, this is still the largest cable stayed span ever constructed.  The bridge received the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award (OCEA) from the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Image by Georges.
+With a span of 1,088 meters, the Sutong Bridge had the longest cable-stayed span in the world from 2007 to 2012 before it was surpassed by Russia's Russky Island Bridge.  The two towers of the Sutong Bridge are 300 metres high and are the third tallest in the world behind the Russky Island and Millau Bridges.  The bridge received the 2010 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award (OCEA) from the American Society of Civil Engineers.  Image by Georges.
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-Often overlooked, Sutong Bridge has one of the 10 longest concrete beam spans in the world at 268 meters.  Image by Georges.
+Often overlooked, Sutong Bridge has one of the 20 longest concrete beam spans in the world at 268 meters.  Image by Georges.
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-The 10 kilometer bridge section consists of a central cable stayed span of 730 meters which ranks among the 15 longest in the world.  It is rare for a cable stayed bridge so large to have a single mast design, allowing the 208 meter tall towers to split the roadway lanes into two separate steel decks.  Only the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong is larger among this type of bridge.  The total combined length of the route is 25.5 km and the total cost was 12.6 billion yuan (US$1.84 billion).  The remaining gap between Chongming and the north bank of the Yangtze is crossed by the Chongqi Bridge and the Chonghai Bridge, collectively forming the most downstream crossing of the Yangtze.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The 10 kilometer bridge section consists of a central cable stayed span of 730 meters which ranks among the 20 longest in the world.  It is rare for a cable stayed bridge so large to have a single mast design, allowing the 208 meter tall towers to split the roadway lanes into two separate steel decks.  Only the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong is larger among this type of bridge.  The total combined length of the route is 25.5 km and the total cost was 12.6 billion yuan (US$1.84 billion).  The remaining gap between Chongming and the north bank of the Yangtze is crossed by the Chongqi Bridge and the Chonghai Bridge, collectively forming the most downstream crossing of the Yangtze.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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 Lupu Bridge is the world's second longest arch bridge after Chaotianmen Bridge in Chongqing City.  The Lupu Bridge is a steel box "basket handle" through arch bridge. The central span of the deck is suspended from two sets of 28 double cables.
 The span received the 2008 IABSE Outstanding Structure Award for being “A soaring box-arch bridge with a record span, clean impressive lines and innovative use of the side spans of the arch and the deck to resist the thrust of the main arch”.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-With a span of 590 meters supported on towers 212 meters tall, the Xupu Bridge was China's longest span cable stayed bridge when it opened in 1997 and still ranks among the world's top 25.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+With a span of 590 meters supported on towers 212 meters tall, the Xupu Bridge was China's longest span cable stayed bridge when it opened in 1997 and still ranks among the world's top 30.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-Hangzhou Bay Bridge is the longest continuous trans-oceanic bridge in the world.  Opened to the public in 2008, the bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Ningbo and Shanghai from 400 km to 280 km and reduced travel time from 4 to 2.5 hours.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Hangzhou Bay Bridge was the longest continuous trans-oceanic bridge in the world.  Opened to the public in 2008, the bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Ningbo and Shanghai from 400 km to 280 km and reduced travel time from 4 to 2.5 hours.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The Taoyaomen Bridge is the second cable stayed bridge on the Zhoushan Trans-oceanic bridge after Jintang.  The main span of 580 meters is among the 20 longest in the world and crosses a deep underwater valley.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The Taoyaomen Bridge crosses a deep underwater valley.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-Completed in 2011, the Yongjiang River Bridge is the 8th longest span arch bridge in the world at 450 meters.  Similar to the through arch Lupu Bridge in nearby Shanghai, the 2 main ribs are wide at the base and meet eachother 95 meters above the water.  The main span was constructed by temporary cable stays connected to towers 150 meters high.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Completed in 2011, the Yongjiang River Bridge is one of the 20 longest span arch bridge in the world at 450 meters.  Similar to the through arch Lupu Bridge in nearby Shanghai, the 2 main ribs are wide at the base and meet eachother 95 meters above the water.  The main span was constructed by temporary cable stays connected to towers 150 meters high.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	The Huanggang Yangtze River road and railway bridge downstream of Wuhan will become the largest of its type when it opens in 2013 with a huge span of 567 meters, surpassing the nearby Tianxingzhou Bridge. That record will be surpassed in 2015 by the even larger Tongling Yangtze ~~Bridge~~ with a span of 630 meters. No other country in the world has built so many large cable stayed railway bridges. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	The Huanggang Yangtze River road and railway bridge downstream of Wuhan will become the largest of its type when it opens in 2013 with a huge span of 567 meters, surpassing the nearby Tianxingzhou Bridge. That record will be surpassed in 2013 by the Anqing Bridge which is rail only with a span of 580 meters and then in 2015 by the even larger Tongling Yangtze road and rail bridge with a span of 630 meters. No other country in the world has built so many large cable stayed railway bridges. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	~~This giant new~~ road and railway bridge downstream of Wuhan will ~~be among~~ the largest of its type when it opens in 2013. No other country in the world has built so many large cable stayed railway bridges. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	The Huanggang Yangtze River road and railway bridge downstream of Wuhan will become the largest of its type when it opens in 2013 with a huge span of 567 meters, surpassing the nearby Tianxingzhou Bridge. That record will be surpassed in 2015 by the even larger Tongling Yangtze Bridge with a span of 630 meters. No other country in the world has built so many large cable stayed railway bridges. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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-A typical Chinese hotel bathroom with a fairly revealing glass wall.  Image by Georges.
+A typical Chinese hotel bathroom with a fairly revealing glass wall!  Image by Georges.
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-Another view of giant 8-lane Erqi Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Another view of the giant 8-lane Erqi Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-When it opens in 2013, the Jiujiang bridge is going to rearrange the "Top 10" list of cable stayed spans with a steel box center span of 818 meters.  This is just 2 meters longer then the Jingyue Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+When it opens in 2013, the Jiujiang bridge is going to rearrange the "Top 10" list of cable stayed spans with a steel box center span of 818 meters.  This is just 2 meters longer then upstream neighbor Jingyue Bridge.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The Jiangxinzhou Bridge in Nanjing City is a single-tower spatial cable self-anchored suspension bridge with main span of 248 meters.  There are very few bridges of this type in the world.  The largest is now under construction in California for the replacement of the San Francisco Bay Bridge Eastern Span.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The Jiangxinzhou Bridge in Nanjing City is a single-tower spatial cable self-anchored suspension bridge with a main span of 248 meters.  There are very few bridges of this type in the world.  The largest is now under construction in California for the replacement of the San Francisco Bay Bridge Eastern Span.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The bridge is scheduled to open by the end of 2012.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The bridge will have opened by the end of 2012.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-It sure was a relief to know we could take the elevator back down.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+It sure was a relief to know we could take the elevator back down!  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-All of the structural members are made of truss beams.  Image by Georges.
+All of the structural members are made of intricate truss beams.  Image by Georges.
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-Once the longest cable stayed bridge in the world, the Yangpu Bridge was completed in 1993 with a main span of 602 meters.  The deck is 30.35 meters wide with six lanes of traffic. The two pylons reach 223 meters in height.  The bridge was originally unpainted but for the millennium it was coated with red paint. The name Yangpu Bridge (杨浦大桥) inscribed on each pylon was originally hand-written by Communist leader Deng Xiaoping.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Once the longest cable stayed bridge in the world, the Yangpu Bridge was completed in 1993 with a main span of 602 meters.  The deck is 30.35 meters wide with six lanes of traffic. The two pylons reach 223 meters in height.  The bridge was originally unpainted but for the millennium it was coated with red paint. The name Yangpu Bridge (杨浦大桥) inscribed on each pylon was originally hand-written by a former leader.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-Jintang is one of 2 large cable stayed bridges along the new Zhoushan Trans-oceanic bridge on the Zhoushan Archipelago - the largest offshore island group in China. The bridge is 21 kilometers in total length (18.4 kilometers over the sea), and consists of a main span of 620 meters making it among the world's 20 longest.  Overall Jintang is the third longest road bridge over water in China after the Jiaozhou, Hangzhou Bay and Donghai Bridges.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+Jintang is one of 2 large cable stayed bridges along the new Zhoushan Trans-oceanic bridge on the Zhoushan Archipelago - the largest offshore island group in China. The bridge is 21 kilometers in total length (18.4 kilometers over the sea), and consists of a main span of 620 meters making it among the world's 20 longest.  Overall Jintang is the fourth longest road bridge over water in China after the Jiaozhou, Hangzhou Bay and Donghai Bridges.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
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-The side by side Qingshuipu Bridge is a rare side by side cable stayed bridge with double diamond towers that support a span of 468 meters.  The bridge opened in 2012 and also crosses the Yongjiang River on the outskirts of Ningbo City.  The 8-lane deck is 56.7 meters wide made up of steel box sections that are about 27 meters wide.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com
+The Qingshuipu Bridge is a rare side by side cable stayed bridge with double diamond towers that support a span of 468 meters.  The bridge opened in 2012 and also crosses the Yongjiang River on the outskirts of Ningbo City.  The 8-lane deck is 56.7 meters wide made up of steel box sections that are about 27 meters wide.  Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	The Yellow Crane Tower is the most famous historic site in Wuhan. ~~Chairman~~ Mao went up it to survey the planned site of the giant railway bridge in 1953. Time and rain kept us from venturing up the tower. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	The Yellow Crane Tower is the most famous historic site in Wuhan. Mao went up it to survey the planned site of the giant railway bridge in 1953. Time and rain kept us from venturing up the tower. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	There is a multi-level "mall", museum and observation tower on the south ~~side~~ of the bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	There is a multi-level "mall", museum and observation tower on the south end of the bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	There is a multi-level "mall" and observation tower on the south side of the bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	There is a multi-level "mall", museum and observation tower on the south side of the bridge. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com

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−	The Lupu Bridge became a major symbol of the International Expo 2010 that took place along the riverbanks from May to October of that year. More then 250 countries participated with many ~~construction~~ innovative pavilions with edgy architecture that often reflected the culture of that country. China's inverted red pyramid was the largest of the many themed buildings. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com	+	The Lupu Bridge became a major symbol of the International Expo 2010 that took place along the riverbanks from May to October of that year. More then 250 countries participated with many constructing innovative pavilions with edgy architecture that often reflected the culture of that country. China's inverted red pyramid was the largest of the many themed buildings. Image by Eric Sakowski / HighestBridges.com