Yaxi Expressway: China’s ‘Yaxi Expressway’ is very famous, this It is the most amazing expressway (China’s most amazing expressway), whose length is 240 kilometers. This staircase-like expressway connects Xichang to Ya’an in the Sichuan province of South West China. It is also known as ‘Staircase Sky Road’. You will be stunned to see its structure., Now a video related to this is going viral.
@XHNews has posted this video on the social media platform ‘X’ (earlier Twitter), in which you can see this expressway. The structure of this expressway built on inaccessible hills is astonishing. It is made up of 270 viaducts and 25 tunnels, whose total length is 41 kilometers. The area of this expressway is 600 meters to 3200 meters above sea level. It is also called the ‘Expressway in the Clouds’, as the road rises 7.5 meters for every kilometer.
Watch here- Video of ‘Yaxi Expressway’
China’s most amazing expressway! The 240km-long ladderlike Yaxi expressway links Ya’an with Xichang in SW China’s Sichuan. It’s acclaimed as an “expressway in the clouds” as it ascends 7.5 meters for every kilometer. find out pic.twitter.com/TmlMG36mdo
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) January 8, 2019
According to Roadstotravel report, this expressway is part of the G5 Jingkun (Beijing to Kunming) Highway in Sichuan Province, which starts from Sichuan and runs to the Hengduan Mountains. The expressway passes over the Qingyi, Dadu and Anning rivers.
Ganhaizi Bridge
There is also Ganhazi Bridge on Yaxi Expressway, which is one of the difficult construction works. It is located at an altitude of 2500 meters in Shimian County, Ya’an, Sichuan. Its total length is 1811 meters and width of the bridge is 24.5 meters, with a total of 36 spans. This is the world’s first Reinforced Concrete Truss Bridge.
When was this expressway built?
This expressway remains open throughout the year. Its construction started in the year 2007. It was completed in less than 6 years. It was inaugurated in the year 2012. Its construction cost a huge amount of 20.6 billion yuan ($3.3 billion).
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FIRST PUBLISHED: December 9, 2023, 20:01
