Aizhai Bridge
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Coordinates = 25E28.3311894N 109.5931025E

Aizhai Bridge is a suspension bridge
Suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. Outside Tibet and Bhutan, where the first examples of this type of bridge were built in the 15th century, this type of bridge dates from the early 19th century...

 under construction in Jishou
Jishou
Jishou is a county-level city and the seat of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan province of thePeople's Republic of China.-History:...

, Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...

, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. When completed it will have a main span of 1146 metres and a maximum height of 330 metres, making it one of the tallest and longest suspension bridges in the world, and the world's tallest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge. It is a motorway bridge with a planned inauguration in 2012.
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