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Wan'an Bridge was 98.2 metres (322 ft) long and 4.7 metres (15 ft) wide, with five piers and six holes. The bridge was made of Chinese fir, and nine logs, three yellow beams, eight logs and four yellow beams are used at both ends of each hole to form an arch. There were 38 corridor houses on the bridge, with bridge chairs on both sides. [2]
The Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, the third-longest suspension bridge span. The Hutong Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province, the second-longest cable-stayed span. The Duge Bridge, the highest bridge in the world. [2] The Pingnan Third Bridge , the longest arch bridge span. [3]
The bridge is a multi-span cable-stayed bridge with a length of 7,000 ft (2,100 m). [3] With a main tower that has a height of 332 metres (1,089 ft), the bridge is the third tallest in the world . The tallest tower is 15 metres (49 ft) shorter than France 's Millau Viaduct , which has a similar structure to the Pingtang Bridge.
Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire in China's Fujian province that engulfed the Wanan Bridge, whose history dates back 900 years.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed alarm at China's influence on the Panama Canal, which President Donald Trump has vowed the United States would take back. "Chinese ...
Pingnan was established as a county by court of the Qing Dynasty in 1735. [4] Local historical monuments include the Wan'an Bridge, located in the appropriately named Changqiao ("long bridge") Township. The bridge, described as the "longest woven timber bridge in China", was originally built in 1648, and rebuilt a number of times since. [5]
A bridge that cost £121m - and closed for repairs within two days of opening - has been deemed a success on its first anniversary. Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth was at the centre of a big ...
Tian'e Longtan Bridge Guangxi: 600 m (1,969 ft) Hongshui River 2020–2024 Pingnan Third Bridge Guangxi: 575 m (1886 ft) Xun River: 2009–2020 Chaotianmen Bridge: Chongqing: 552 m (1,811 ft) Yangtze: 2003–2009 Lupu Bridge: Shanghai: 550 m (1,804 ft) Huangpu River: 1977–2003 New River Gorge Bridge: Fayetteville, West Virginia: 518 m (1,699 ...