Changhua—Kaohsiung Viaduct 彰化ï¼é«˜é›„高架橋 | |
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Coordinates | 23°51′52.2″N 120°33′33.4″E / 23.864500°N 120.559278°E |
Carries | Train |
Locale | Taiwan |
Begins | Baguashan, Changhua County |
Ends | Zuoying, Kaohsiung |
Maintained by | Taiwan High Speed Rail |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 157.317 km (97.752 mi) |
History | |
Construction end | 2004 |
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The Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct ( Chinese: 彰化ï¼é«˜é›„高架橋) is the world's second longest bridge. [1] [2] [3] The bridge acts as an overland 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]
The viaduct starts in Baguashan (å…«å¦å±±) in Changhua County and ends in Zuoying in Kaohsiung.[ citation needed]
Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan stations are located on this viaduct.
Completed in 2004, [3] the bridge is 157.317 kilometers (97.752 mi) in length. [2] 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]
Changhua—Kaohsiung Viaduct 彰化ï¼é«˜é›„高架橋 | |
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Coordinates | 23°51′52.2″N 120°33′33.4″E / 23.864500°N 120.559278°E |
Carries | Train |
Locale | Taiwan |
Begins | Baguashan, Changhua County |
Ends | Zuoying, Kaohsiung |
Maintained by | Taiwan High Speed Rail |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 157.317 km (97.752 mi) |
History | |
Construction end | 2004 |
Location | |
|
The Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct ( Chinese: 彰化ï¼é«˜é›„高架橋) is the world's second longest bridge. [1] [2] [3] The bridge acts as an overland 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]
The viaduct starts in Baguashan (å…«å¦å±±) in Changhua County and ends in Zuoying in Kaohsiung.[ citation needed]
Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan stations are located on this viaduct.
Completed in 2004, [3] the bridge is 157.317 kilometers (97.752 mi) in length. [2] 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]