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The bridge was completed on 10 September 2016, and was opened to the public on 29 December 2016. [5] It cost a total of ¥1.023 billion [ 6 ] and took five years to build. It was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's highest bridge in 2018.
Trapped ship below the bridge. At around 5:30 a.m. local time, a barge carrying only the operator first grazed the 18th bridge pier and then collided with the 19th bridge pier of the Lixinsha Bridge. [4] A section of the bridge fractured, causing a portion of the bridge to fall into the water. The ship was trapped below it. [3] [5]
The bridge was built as part of an expressway from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to Changsha. [2] The bridge is famous for the view it offers those crossing it. [3] With a main span of 1,146 metres (3,760 ft) and a deck height of 336 metres (1,102 ft), [4] as of 2013, it is the thirteenth-highest bridge in the world and the world's ...
The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday ...
People's Republic of China 19 July 2024 Road bridge Collapse due to flooding at least 38 killed, 24 missing As a result of heavy rainfall, a section of the highway bridge collapsed. [186] Road bridge of Yakang expressway Ganzi, Sichuan: People's Republic of China 3 August 2024 Road concrete bridge Collapse due to mudslide 5 missing
The Collapse of Jiujiang Bridge (Chinese: 九江大桥垮塌事故) refers to the partial collapse of a freeway bridge in the city of Foshan, in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China on June 15, 2007. The bridge, which spans the Xijiang River, collapsed at approximately 5:30 AM. A freighter "Nanguiji 035" with a cargo of sand ...
The world's highest bridge is set to open this year in China. And even from just looking at the photos, you can tell it's quite the spooky experience. Let's just say that people who are afraid of ...
The bridge was designed to handle 55 tons, but the combined weight of heavy trucks, amounting to at least 500 tons, caused the bridge to collapse. The collapse was blamed mostly on the construction design and on the project's having been finished too quickly and on traffic controllers having allowed, onto the bridge, vehicles of excessive ...