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=== Assistant: Here's what a 765 kV transmission tower typically looks like: ===
Here's what a '''765 kV transmission tower''' typically looks like:

===== - '''Steel lattice tower''' — a robust, crisscross-steel framework designed to handle immense weight, wind, and ice loads towerproduct.en.made-in-china.com<ref>{{cite web|title=towerproduct.en.made-in-china.com|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_tower|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>. =====
* Usually a '''self-supporting''' structure (no need for guy wires), though some variations (like V-shaped guyed towers) do use supporting cables en.wikipedia.org<ref>{{cite web|title=en.wikipedia.org|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_tower|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>.

===== - Tower height typically ranges from '''135–150 feet''' in flat terrain, and up to '''200 feet or more''' in hilly or special-span areas web.ecs.baylor.edu<ref>{{cite web|title=web.ecs.baylor.edu|url=https://web.ecs.baylor.edu/faculty/grady/_13_EE392J_2_Spring11_AEP_Transmission_Facts.pdf|publisher=web.ecs.baylor.edu|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>. =====
* On VERY tall spans (e.g. long river crossings), units can reach heights of '''300+ feet''' (~95 m) en.wikipedia.org<ref>{{cite web|title=en.wikipedia.org|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice_tower|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>.

===== - Carries '''one or two circuits''', each with ''three'' phase conductors, often bundled in doubles or triples per phase to reduce corona and energy loss towerproduct.en.made-in-china.com<ref>{{cite web|title=towerproduct.en.made-in-china.com|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_power_line|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>. =====
* You’ll see distinct '''cross-arms''' extending from the tower’s top to support these conductors — either stacked vertically or arranged horizontally en.wikipedia.org<ref>{{cite web|title=en.wikipedia.org|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_tower|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>.

===== - Towers are '''much taller and wider''' than standard distribution poles due to: - Increased insulation needs - Larger right‑of‑way clearances (≈200 ft for 765 kV) en.wikipedia.org<ref>{{cite web|title=en.wikipedia.org|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_tower|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>indigrid.co.in<ref>{{cite web|title=indigrid.co.in|url=https://www.indigrid.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/JTCL_Technical-Report.pdf|publisher=indigrid.co.in|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref>megatro.cn<ref>{{cite web|title=megatro.cn|url=https://web.ecs.baylor.edu/faculty/grady/_13_EE392J_2_Spring11_AEP_Transmission_Facts.pdf|publisher=web.ecs.baylor.edu|access-date=2025-11-19}}</ref> =====
* These structures dominate the landscape—highly visible from hundreds of feet away.

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===== Expect a massive steel tower, reaching 150–200 ft tall, with broad arms supporting thick electrical cables. It’s a permanent, imposing presence on the land. =====

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