Liuguanghe Bridge

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Liuguanghe Bridge is a 297-metre-high (974 ft) beam bridge at Liu Guangzhen, Guizhou, China. It held the record for world's highest bridge from its completion in 2001 until 2003, surpassing the 72-year-old, 291-metre-high (955 ft) Royal Gorge Bridge in the U.S., until the opening of the 366 m (1, 201 ft) Beipan River Guanxing Highway Bridge, also in China. As of 2011, it is still the highest beam bridge and among the twenty highest bridges in the world. The Liuguanghe Bridge forms part of China National Highway 321 between Bijie and Guiyang and has a 240-metre-long (790 ft) span. The highest pillar, which sits on the edge of a steep, deep valley, is 90 metres high.

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