金安桥水电站是金沙江中游“一库八级”梯级开发规划的第五级电站,也是该河段开发启动的第一个项目,被列入云南省“十五计划”和“云电送粤”计划。电站位于云南省丽江市境内,左岸属永胜县,右岸属古城区,坝址附近有丽江市至四川攀枝花市的省级公路通过。金安桥大坝坝址距丽江市52km,距大理市232.5km,距昆明市589.5km,对外交通十分便利。 Jin’anqiao Hydropower Station is the fifth-level power station in the middle reaches of the Jinsha River and the “one-storey and eight-level” cascade development plan. It is also the first project started in the development of this reach and is included in the “10th Five-Year Plan” and “ Cloud electricity to send Guangdong ”plan. The station is located in Lijiang City, Yunnan Province. The left bank belongs to Yongsheng County and the right bank belongs to the ancient city. The provincial highway near Lijiang City to Panzhihua City passes the dam site. Dam site of Jin’anqiao is 52km away from Lijiang, 232.5km away from Dali city and 589.5km away from Kunming city. It is very convenient for foreign traffic.