Carries Oil Design Suspension Opened November 2005 Clearance below 393 m Material Steel | Crosses Hegigio River Height 33 m (108 ft) Total length 470 m Bridge type Suspension bridge | |
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No. of spans Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge Similar Pipeline bridge, Liuguanghe Bridge, Beipan River Hukun Ex, Zhijing River Bridge, Baling River Bridge | ||
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is, with a height of 393 metres, the world's sixth highest bridge and highest pipeline bridge. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning 470 metres over the Hegigio River. It is used for transporting petroleum oil from Southeast Mananda oil field in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge became the world's highest bridge when it was completed in 2005 and remained the highest until the opening of the Sidu River Bridge in China in 2009.
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