World’s highest bridge

World's highest bridge opens in China

Question: Name the world’s highest bridge that has opened to traffic recently in China?
(a) Jinshajiang Bridge
(b) Zhongba Bridge
(c) Beipanjiang Bridge
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
Related facts:

  • In December 2016; the world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China.
  • The Beipanjiang Bridge is 565 meters (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, the Guizhou provincial.
  • The length of the bridge is 1,341-metre and it cost over 1 billion Yuan ($144 million) to build.
  • Its construction was started in September 2013 and is completed in 2016.
  • It overtook the Si Du River Bridge in the central province of Hubei, China to become the world’s highest bridge.

Reference:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Worlds-highest-bridge-opens-in-China/article16963400.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/beipanjiang-bridge-worlds-tallest-opens-traffic-rural-china/