Tiaoyue Bridge (挑月桥) is a pedestrians bridge, located in the southeast corner of Xinghai Square, across the Malan River (马栏河).
It is a "self-anchored cable-stayed suspension bridge" (Yeah. And sorry - I'm not going to explain in detail what that is). Quite some engineering feat!
The bridge span is 130.54 metres long and 9 metres wide. The main pylon consists of two steel towers, converging at 9° and inclined 70° (30° out of vertical), standing 81.2 metres tall.
The weight of this pylon is 500 tons, it was floated into final position in one piece using a 1,200 ton floating crane.
The bridge construction was completed mid September 2006.
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Tiaoyue Bridge (挑月桥) is a pedestrians bridge, located in the southeast corner of Xinghai Square, across the Malan River (马栏河).
It is a "self-anchored cable-stayed suspension bridge" (Yeah. And sorry - I'm not going to explain in detail what that is).
The bridge span is 130.54 metres long and 9 metres wide. The main pylon consists of two steel towers, converging at 9° and inclined 70° (30° out of vertical), standing 81.2 metres tall.
The weight of this pylon is 500 tons, it was floated into final position in one piece using a 1,200 ton floating crane.
The bridge construction was completed mid September 2006.
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The beach belonging to the Bangchui Island Hotel is not only a great place for swimming in clean water, but also a popular spot for wedding photos.
(And this reflector apparently works great as sun shade...)
Explore #289 on Thursday, May 15, 2014
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Bangchui Island (棒棰岛) is a scenic spot to the east of Dalian City.
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Lüshun Harbour (旅顺港, also written Lvshun) was formerly known as Port Arthur. Once it was world famous and was more significant than the port of Dalian proper.
It is an excellent natural harbour, which gives it high strategic importance, two times in it's history becoming it a major spot during military conflicts.
During the first Sino-Japanese War it was the place of the "Port Arthur Massacre" - a war crime commited by Japanese troops, who "indiscriminately killed" thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians after their victory over the defending Chinese troops.
It's strategic importance later made it a casus belli in the Russo-Japanese War.
Lüshun Harbour is located about 60 km southwest of downtown Dalian and now a major Chinese naval base.
Photo taken from Baiyushan Tower in the Baiyu Mountain scenic area. Note the 3 lined up lighthouses in the foreground, these provide directional aid to the port entrance by night.
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