The Duge Bridge spans the Nizhu River gorge near Duge on the border of Guizhou and Yunnan in China. It carries the G56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway. Construction began in 2011, and the bridge opened on December 29, 2016. The article does not name a designer, a client or the materials, so those details are not given here.
It is a four-lane cable-stayed bridge. The total length is 4,400 feet (1,341 meters), and the main span is 2,362 feet (720 meters). The towers stand 883 feet (269 meters) and 814 feet (248 meters) tall.
The deck sits 1,854 feet (565 meters) above the floor of the gorge. The article says it was the world's highest bridge from 2016 to 2025.
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