Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct
# Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct

The Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct (Chinese: 彰化－高雄高架橋) is the world's second longest bridge. The bridge acts as a viaduct for part of the railway line of the Taiwan High Speed Rail network. Over 200 million passengers had been carried over it by December 2012.

## Location

The viaduct starts in Baguashan (八卦山) in Changhua County and ends in Zuoying in Kaohsiung.

Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan stations are Iocated on this viaduct.

## Design

Completed in 2004, the bridge is 157.317 kilometers (97.752 mi) in length. The railway is built across a vast series of viaducts, as they were designed to be earthquake resistant to allow for trains to stop safely during a seismic event and for repairable damage following a maximum design earthquake. Bridges built over known fault lines were designed to survive fault movements without catastrophic damage.

