Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge

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{{Infobox_Bridge

|bridge_name = Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge
高屏溪斜張橋

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|caption = Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge

|official_name = Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge

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|carries = Freeway 3

|crosses = Gaoping River

|locale = Kaohsiung and Pingtung County in Taiwan

|maint = Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau

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|design = Cable-stayed bridge

|material = steel, prestressed concrete

|fabricator = China Steel

|cost = NTD2.136 billions

|mainspan = {{convert|330|m|ft|0}}

|length = {{convert|2,617|m|ft|0}}

|width = {{convert|34.4|m|ft|0}}

|height = {{convert|183.5|m|ft|0}}

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|below = {{convert|50|m}}

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|designer = China engineering consultants incorporation

|begin = Apr 29, 1996

|complete = Dec 30, 1999

|open = Dec 30, 1999

|closed =

|toll = Electronic Toll Collection

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|coordinates = {{coord|22.76585|N|120.44996|E|display=title,inline}}

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Kao-Ping Hsi Bridge ({{zh|t=高屏溪斜張橋|s=高屏溪斜张桥|first=t|p=Gāopíng Xī Xiézhāng Qiáo}}) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Gaoping River connecting Dashu, Kaohsiung and Jiuru, Pingtung County in Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.vce.at/en/projects/kao-ping-hsi|title=Kao Ping Hsi|website=Vienna Consulting Engineers ZT GmbH|accessdate=23 April 2018}} The bridge carries the Freeway 3 and was completed in 1999.{{cite web|language=zh-tw|url=http://nrch.culture.tw/twpedia.aspx?id=23467|title=高屏溪斜張橋|author=|publisher=台灣大百科全書|date=May 24, 2010|accessdate=2014-05-23}} The bridge is an important transport corridor between Kaohsiung and Pingtung.And it is a famous landmark in Pingtung. {{cite web|language=zh-tw|url=http://www.freeway.gov.tw/Upload/Html/2011121444/page04.html|title=高屏溪斜張橋|author=|publisher=交通部台灣區國道高速公路局|date=|accessdate=2014-05-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.freeway.gov.tw/Upload/201309/1000725-%E4%B8%AD%E7%BE%8E%E4%BA%A4%E6%B5%81%E7%B0%A1%E5%A0%B1%E5%B0%88%E6%96%87%E5%AE%9A%E7%A8%BF_in_English-1.pdf|last1=South Region Engineering Office, Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications|title=Monitoring system of Kao Ping Hsi Cable-Stayed Bridge - Long term structural performance monitoring|website=Freeway Bureau, MOTC|accessdate=23 April 2018}}