Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge

Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge is, with a height of 393 metres, the world's seventh 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
Hegigio Gorge Bridge in 2006
Coordinates	6.328351°S 143.105199°E / -6.328351; 143.105199
Carries	Oil
Crosses	Hegigio River
Locale	Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea
Characteristics
Design	Suspension
Material	Steel
Total length	470 m (1,540 ft)
Height	33 m (108 ft)
No. of spans	Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge
Clearance below	393 m (1,289 ft)
History
Designer	Ken Ross
Construction end	November 2005
Location

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.

See also

• List of highest bridges in the world

External links

• "Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge - HighestBridges.com". Highestbridges.com. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
• "Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge (Papua New Guinea, 2005) - Structurae". Structurae.de. Retrieved 9 August 2017.