Baling River Bridge

Baling River Bridge 坝陵河大桥
Coordinates
Carries	G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway
Locale	Guanling County, Guizhou, China
Other name(s)	Ba Lin He Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Suspension
Material	Steel
Total length	2,237 m (7,339 ft)
Height	204.5 m (671 ft) West tower
Longest span	1,088 m (3,570 ft)
Clearance below	375 m (1,230 ft)
History
Opened	December 23, 2009
Baling River Bridge Location in China

The Baling River Bridge (Baling He Bridge) (坝陵河大桥) is a suspension bridge in Guanling County in Guizhou Province of China. The bridge spans the Baling River Valley and opened to public traffic on December 23, 2009. The bridge is part of the G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway between Kunming and Guiyang and reduced the travel time across the river valley from one hour to four minutes. The suspension span is 1,088 m (3,570 ft) long, and the bridge has a total length of 2,237 m (7,339 ft). It is also one of the world's highest bridges with 375 m (1,230 ft) of clearance above the river.

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  Showing the suspension

• Construction of Balinghe Bridge.jpg

  Construction plans

In July 2012 the Baling River Bridge was the location for the 2012 China Bridge Parachuting International Challenge. 30 BASE jumpers from 15 different countries competed in the event.

See also

• List of longest suspension bridge spans
• List of highest bridges in the world

External links

• Ba Lin He Bridge at Structurae
• Balinghe daqiao - Chinese
• [1] on HighestBridges.com