File: The main structural construction of Beipanjiang River bridge completed in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, 12 January, 2014. The bridge is nearing completion.
BEIJING, China - Chinese engineers have completed the structure of what is expected to become the world's highest bridge, local authorities said.
The Beipanjiang Bridge, in mountainous southwestern China, soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement.
As such it overtakes the Si Du River Bridge in the central province of Hubei to become the world's highest bridge, said the statement posted on Sunday.
Highest bridge in the world! Construction of 570-meter-high Beipanjiang Bridge finished in Guizhou Province
The two ends of the bridge were linked on Saturday, it added.
The 1,341-metre span is expected to open to traffic at the end of this year and will cut road trips from Liupanshui in Guizhou to Xuanwei in neighbouring Yunnan province from around five hours to less than two, state broadcaster China Central Television reported Monday.
The world’s highest bridge, Beipanjiang, completed construction in southwest China, will open to public by yearend
Several of the world's highest bridges are in China, although the world's tallest bridge -- measured in terms of the height of its own structure, rather than the distance to the ground -- remains France's Millau viaduct at 343 metres tall.
La Chine vient de terminer le pont suspendu le plus haut du monde : 565m d'altitude. #Beipanjianghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0N__cn_TfU …
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