世界最高橋樑通車
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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)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 c" r5 B4 c2 V# m, d/ }
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World’s tallest bridge unveiled in Mexico
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. @0 i! ~9 I9 S' b: P/ xMexico has opened the world’s tallest bridge, which is so tall that the Eiffel Tower could easily fit under its central span.5.39.217.76( a8 i8 ]9 a$ C+ g L
, z9 H% E# c' IBuilt 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.
" b6 P) u; h; r# _8 G$ [% d. \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.0 R. D$ X" C- m# @5 s1 w' ^9 a) K
4 {9 \ _+ T& P* e0 L) P5.39.217.76The 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.0 l, N. k6 U, ?; w" T: p( s
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- d% H7 }. D6 r& G5 zThe bridge in the Sierra Madre Occidental links Mazatlan with Durango |