Engineering:Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct
Changhua-Kaohsiung Viaduct is the world's second longest bridge.[1][2][3] The bridge acts as a viaduct for part of the railway line of the Taiwan High Speed Rail network. Over 200 million passengers had been carried over it by December 2012.[3]
Location
The bridge goes from Baguashan (八卦山) in Changhua County to Zuoying in Kaohsiung.
Design
The bridge is 157,317m (516,132 ft) or 97.8 miles in length.[2] It was completed in 2007.[3] The railway is built across a vast series of viaducts, as they were designed to be earthquake resistant to allow for trains to stop safely during a seismic event and for repairable damage following a maximum design earthquake.[4] Bridges built over known fault lines were designed to survive fault movements without catastrophic damage.[5]
See also
- List of longest bridges in the world
References
- ↑ Sarah Lazarus (6 May 2018). "The $20 billion 'umbilical cord': China unveils the world's longest sea-crossing bridge". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/04/asia/hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridge/index.html. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "20 Longest Bridges in the world". World Atlas. http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/20-longest-bridges-in-the-world.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Top 10 Longest Bridges in the world". Strongest in the world. http://www.strongestinworld.com/longest-bridges-in-the-world/.
- ↑ "Seismic Resistant Viaduct Design for the Taiwan High Speed Rail Project". LUSAS. http://www.lusas.com/case/bridge/taiwan.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ↑ Martin, Empelmann; Whittaker, David; Los, Eimert; Dorgarten, Hans-Wilhelm (2004). "Taiwan High Speed Rail Project – Seismic Design of Bridges Across the Tuntzuchiao Active Fault". Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur). http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/article/13_140.pdf. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Bang Na Expressway |
World's longest bridge 2004 – 2010 |
Succeeded by Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge |
| Preceded by Line 1, Wuhan Metro Bridge |
World's longest railway bridge 2004 – 2010 | |
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