Dimuhe River Bridge

Dimuhe River Bridge 抵母河特大桥
Coordinates	26°39′20″N 105°04′06″E / 26.655638°N 105.068414°ECoordinates: 26°39′20″N 105°04′06″E / 26.655638°N 105.068414°E
Carries	G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway
Crosses	Sancha River
Locale	Liupanshui, Guizhou, China
Characteristics
Design	Suspension
Material	Steel
Height	360 m (1,180 ft)
Longest span	538 m (1,765 ft)
Clearance below	340 m (1,120 ft)
History
Opened	Expected 2016

The Dimuhe River Bridge is a suspension bridge currently under construction near Liupanshui, Guizhou, China. Once complete the bridge, at 360 m (1,180 ft), will be one of the highest in world. The bridge will form part of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway between Liupanshui and Bijie is expected to open in 2016.

Although Dimuhe River Bridge is officially 360 metres high, the bridge will cross over a reservoir, to leave 340 metres from the deck to the lake surface when the reservoir is full. The reservoir is on the Sancha River, the headwaters of the Wu River.

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