The Baishatuo Yangtze River Railway Bridge ( Chinese : 白沙沱长江大桥 ) is a truss bridge across the Yangtze River between the Jiangjin District and the Dadukou District of Chongqing , China .
5-815: The bridge carries two tracks of the Chongqing-Guiyang Railway . Completed in 1960, the bridge was the first bridge over the Yangtze River in Chongqing and only the second bridge along the main stretch of the river between Yibin and the river mouth in Shanghai . Only the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge , completed in 1957, pre-dates the Baishatuo Railway Bridge. There are now over 50 bridges which cross
10-542: A dam. This article about a specific bridge or group of bridges in China is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chongqing-Guiyang Railway The Sichuan–Guizhou railway or Chuanqian railway ( simplified Chinese : 川黔铁路 ; traditional Chinese : 川黔鐵路 ; pinyin : chuānqiǎn tiělù ), is a single-track electrified railroad in southwest China between Chongqing Municipality and Guiyang , Guizhou Province . The shorthand name for
15-861: Is a major rail conduit in western China from Baotou in Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Tonkin . The Sichuan–Guizhou railway originates in the north from the Chongqing railway station and shares tracks with the Chengdu–Chongqing railway to Xiaonanhai. The line crosses the Yangtze River via the Baishatuo Railway Bridge and passes through Qijiang before entering northern Guizhou, where it ends at Guiyang railway station . The Liangfengya Tunnel 4,270 m (14,009 ft) on
20-402: The line, Chuanqian, is derived from the shorthand names of Sichuan Province (Chuan 川), to which Chongqing once belonged , and Guizhou (Qian 黔). The railway was built from 1956 to 1965 and had a total length of 423.6 km (263 mi). The line was electrified in 1991. Major cities and towns along route include Chongqing, Qijiang , Tongzi , Zunyi , and Guiyang. The Chuanqian railway
25-516: The river downstream of the Baishatuo Railway Bridge. It was closed on 24 April 2019 and replaced by the New Baishatuo Yangtze River Railway Bridge, which is a six-track cable-stayed bridge, with four tracks for passenger operations on its upper deck and two tracks for freight operations on its lower deck. The old bridge is to be demolished because it is considered too low as the water level is to be raised by
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