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Huajiang grand canyon bridge in SW China ready for closure

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan 2 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

Huajiang grand canyon bridge in SW China ready for closure
(250114) -- ZHENFENG, Jan. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial panoramic drone photo shows a view of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China's Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. By far, 93 sections of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge of Liuzhi-Anlong expressway in Guizhou have been assembled, and the bridge is about to finish its closure. The construction of the 2,890-meter-long bridge started in 2022. With a designed height of 625 meters between the bridge deck and the Beipanjiang River below, the bridge is set to be the highest in the world after it is completed in 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

By far, 93 sections of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge of Liuzhi-Anlong expressway in southwest China’s Guizhou Province have been assembled, and the bridge is about to finish its closure.

The construction of the 2,890-meter-long bridge started in 2022. With a designed height of 625 meters between the bridge deck and the Beipanjiang River below, the bridge is set to be the highest in the world after it is completed in 2025.

This photo shows workers working on the girder of the final section of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows a view of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows the construction site of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows a view of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows a view of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo taken with a mobile phone shows a worker standing along the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows workers working at the construction site of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows the approach bridge of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo shows workers working at the construction site of the Huajiang grand canyon bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250114/ad5dba96155442c3a04ed821940af5bf/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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