{{Infobox bridge |bridge_name = Puli Bridge |native_name = 普立大桥 |native_name_lang = zh |image = PuliBridgeByHighestBridges.jpg |image_size = |alt = |caption = |official_name = |other_name = |carries = G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway |crosses = |locale = Xuanwei, Qujing, China |maint = |id = |designer = 中交公路规划设计院 |design = Suspension |material = Steel |spans = |pierswater = |mainspan = {{convert|628|m|ft|abbr=on}} |length = |width = {{convert|25.4|m|ft|abbr=on}} |height = {{convert|154|m|ft|abbr=on}} |load = |clearance = |below = {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="height" group=Note>There is some discrepancy among references regarding the height of the bridge deck above the bottom of the valley. [http://www.wanhuajing.com/d142614 www.wanhuajing.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212233408/http://www.wanhuajing.com/d142614 |date=2016-02-12 }} lists the height as 500 m and states it is the third highest in the world. [http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Puli_Bridge www.highestbridges.com] lists the height as 485 m. [http://docs.trb.org/prp/15-5164.pdf Guo et. al.] state the distance from tower top to valley floor is 450 m.</ref> |traffic = |builder = 中铁大桥局 |begin = Nov 8, 2011 |complete = May 10, 2015 |open = Aug 25, 2015 |life = |preceded = |followed = |heritage = |collapsed = |closed = |toll = Car 20 RMB, Truck 1.15RMB/EA·KM |coordinates = {{coord|26.323114|104.586747|region:CN-53|display=inline,title}} | mapframe-zoom = 8 }} '''Puli Bridge''' (Chinese: 普立大桥) is a suspension bridge near Xuanwei, Qujing, China. The bridge, at {{convert|485|m|ft|abbr=on}}, is one of the highest in the world.<ref name="height" group=Note /> The bridge forms part of the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway between Liupanshui and Xuanwei and was opened in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh:普立特大桥主体工程顺利开工|url=http://www.mbec5.com.cn/news.asp?id=2815|publisher=mbec5.com.cn/|access-date=15 April 2013|language=zh|archive-date=28 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228034100/http://www.mbec5.com.cn/news.asp?id=2815|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wanhuajing.com/d142614|title=普立特大桥—已建成的世界第一高桥_旅游_万花镜|publisher=普立文化旅游网|access-date=31 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212233408/http://www.wanhuajing.com/d142614|archive-date=12 February 2016}}</ref> The bridge and associated expressway reduced the travel time from Xuanwei to the Guizhou border from four hours to one hour.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} The bridge crosses a small stream beside the Gexiang River gorge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Puli Bridge|url=http://www.highestbridges.com/wiki/index.php?title=Puli_Bridge|publisher=highestbridges.com wiki| access-date=15 April 2013}}</ref>
==Design and construction== The Puli Bridge has a main span of {{convert|628|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} and a total length of {{convert|1040|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}. The road deck is {{convert|24.5|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} wide and the main suspension cables are {{convert|26|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}} apart. The bridge cost 440 million yuan (about US$71 million) and officially opened to traffic on August 25, 2015. Similar to the Sidu River Bridge, the first cable used to erect the span (the ''pilot cable'') was placed using a rocket.<ref name="Pilot Rope">{{cite journal | last1=Guo| first1=Dajin| last2=Zhou| first2=Wenhuan| last3=Yu| first3=Zhengfu| last4=Xia| first4=Guobang| last5=Li| first5=Xiao| last6=Liu| first6=Wei| last7=Yang| first7=Biyu| last8=Hu| first8=Mingfang| name-list-style=amp| year=2015| title=Use of Rocket Traction Method to Span Pilot Rope for Long Span Suspension Bridge Construction in Mountainous Area| url=http://docs.trb.org/prp/15-5164.pdf| journal=TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers| location=Washington, DC| publisher=Transportation Research Board}}</ref>
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