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Western Hunan's Large suspension bridge opened to traffic

This large suspension bridge is located in Xiangxi's Dwarf village(Highway of Jishou to Chadong),140 km from Zhangjiajie city, Its completion and greatly improve the traffic between Hunan and Chongqing, At the same time, this bridge also created four of the world's first:

1, The bridge main span of 1176 meters,It is currently the world's largest suspension bridge span the canyon;
2, The first design through the use of tower and beam complete separation of the structure;
3, The first to use the " cable sliding method" erecting of steel truss girder;
4, The first use of rock anchor cable structure, and using carbon fiber as prestressed reinforcement.