© Eric SakowskiBaling River Bridge 2009
Baling River Bridge 2009
The Bridge
The mountainous Guizhou province in China has numerous suspension bridges to carry expressways across the deep river valleys. One of these is the Baling River Bridge which reduced the journey across the river from an hour to a few minutes when it opened in 2009.
It is a steel suspension bridge design with an open truss deck that has a central span of 1,008m.
Baling River Bridge
One of the world's highest bridges
Key Facts
The suspension bridge deck is 370m above the river
Also known as the Ba Lin He Bridge
Location
Guiyang, Guizhou, China
Across the Baling River
Construction
Opened 23 December 2009
Description
Steel suspension bridge
1,088m main span
2,237m total length
Other long-span bridges
