Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct

Coordinates: 23°51′52.2″N 120°33′33.4″E / 23.864500°N 120.559278°E

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Changhua—Kaohsiung Viaduct 彰化－高雄高架橋

Coordinates	23°51′52.2″N 120°33′33.4″E / 23.864500°N 120.559278°E / 23.864500; 120.559278
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－高雄高架橋) 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]

Location

The viaduct starts in Baguashan (八卦山) in Changhua County and ends in Zuoying in Kaohsiung.^{[citation needed]}

Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan stations are located on this viaduct.

Design

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]

References

^ Sarah Lazarus (6 May 2018). "The $20 billion 'umbilical cord': China unveils the world's longest sea-crossing bridge". CNN. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "20 Longest Bridges in the world". World Atlas. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Top 10 Longest Bridges in the world". Strongest in the world. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28.
^ "Seismic Resistant Viaduct Design for the Taiwan High Speed Rail Project". LUSAS. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
^ Martin, Empelmann; Whittaker, David; Los, Eimert; Dorgarten, Hans-Wilhelm (2004). "Taiwan High Speed Rail Project – Seismic Design of Bridges Across the Tuntzuchiao Active Fault" (PDF). Proceedings of the 13th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

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