Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge is a 366 metre high suspension bridge on the Guanxing Highway near Xingbei Town (Xinbeizhen), Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, China. The bridge has a span width of 388 metres. Between 2003 and 2005, it was the world's highest bridge.The highest bridge in the world upon its opening in late 2003, the 1,200 foot (366 m) high Beipanjiang River 2003 highway bridge became the second Chinese span in two years to take the record. The first was 2001’s Liuguanghe Bridge. In addition, the Beipanjiang was the first suspension bridge to break the 1,000-foot (300 m) and 300 meter height thresholds (the Liuguanghe Bridge also passes these thresholds but is a beam bridge) as well as the first suspension bridge in the world to surpass the height of Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge after a 74-year reign. The bridge is also the second of 3 Beipan River crossings to have been among the world’s 10 highest. The first was the 902-foot (275 m) high (275 m) Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge which opened in 2001 and will remain the highest train bridge in the world until 2015 when India’s Chenab bridge is due to open. The Beipanjiang River 2009 Bridge, the third bridge to cross high above the Beipanjiang opened in 2009 on the Guiyang to Kunming Highway with a suspension span 1,083 feet (330 m) above the river.. }
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- Beipanjiang_River_2003_Bridge abstract "Beipanjiang River 2003 Bridge is a 366 metre high suspension bridge on the Guanxing Highway near Xingbei Town (Xinbeizhen), Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, China. The bridge has a span width of 388 metres. Between 2003 and 2005, it was the world's highest bridge.The highest bridge in the world upon its opening in late 2003, the 1,200 foot (366 m) high Beipanjiang River 2003 highway bridge became the second Chinese span in two years to take the record. The first was 2001’s Liuguanghe Bridge. In addition, the Beipanjiang was the first suspension bridge to break the 1,000-foot (300 m) and 300 meter height thresholds (the Liuguanghe Bridge also passes these thresholds but is a beam bridge) as well as the first suspension bridge in the world to surpass the height of Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge after a 74-year reign. The bridge is also the second of 3 Beipan River crossings to have been among the world’s 10 highest. The first was the 902-foot (275 m) high (275 m) Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge which opened in 2001 and will remain the highest train bridge in the world until 2015 when India’s Chenab bridge is due to open. The Beipanjiang River 2009 Bridge, the third bridge to cross high above the Beipanjiang opened in 2009 on the Guiyang to Kunming Highway with a suspension span 1,083 feet (330 m) above the river.".