Zhongjianhe Bridge

Zhongjianhe Bridge

Zhongjianhe Bridge Aerial view of Zhongjianhe and Long bridge 航拍忠建河与龙桥 Xuan'en, Hubei, China Zhongjianhe Bridge 忠建河特大桥 Xuan'en, Hubei, China 853 feet high / 260 meters high 1,312 foot span / 400 meter span 2015 One of the tallest and highest cable stayed bridges in the world, the Zhongjianhe is also one of the most beautiful. The deep blue truss deck rises almost 260 meters above a shallow reservoir between a forested valley of green in the remote mountains of southern Hubei Province. The two main towers are among the twenty tallest bridge structures on earth rising 245 meters from foundation to top - even taller then the Golden Gate Bridge. There are 64 pairs of cable stays with a diameter of 7 mm. The longest measures 222 meters and weighs 15 tons. The span configuration is 3x30 +46+134+400+134+46 +5x40 meters. The bridge is located midway between Enshi, Hubei and Yongshun, Hunan.