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7 {) S2 X4 H7 y t公仔箱論壇坐落墨西哥的全球最高橋樑巴盧阿特吊橋,剛開放給公眾使用,橋長1124米,距地面400米,中央一段的橋底可容得下巴黎艾菲爾鐵塔。該吊橋花了4年時間興建,連接太平洋沿岸的馬薩特蘭至內陸的杜蘭戈,作為慶祝墨西哥獨立200周年的項目之一。巴盧阿特吊橋由鋼纜懸吊,橫跨西馬德雷山脈一個大峽谷,氣勢雄偉。(路透社)公仔箱論壇2 {& B1 I9 R& Z) k: T* I7 s0 l
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Mexico has opened the world’s tallest bridge, which is so tall that the Eiffel Tower could easily fit under its central span.公仔箱論壇 K- q& n% o9 l. b( }( w: Q
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Built over a deep ravine in the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains ofnorthern Mexico, the 403m-tall (1,322ft) Baluarte bridge was opened byPresident Felipe Calderon on Thursday.2 A" T$ [# p" V6 ]/ [" ]" O
Guinness World Record officials were on hand at the opening ceremony to present an award officially recognising the bridge as the tallest in the world.
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The 1,124m-long (3,687ft) bridge is part of a new highway that crosses Mexico’s highly rugged terrain, from Mazatlan in Sinaloa on the Pacific Coast to Durango – an inner state of the country.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, X3 U* a( S R$ Q2 u; v6 \
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The bridge in the Sierra Madre Occidental links Mazatlan with Durango |