World's longest and highest glass-bottom bridge to open in China
Bridge construction:-
No steel or concrete was used to create the surface of the bridge, which is 430
metres (1410 feet) long 6 metres (20 feet) wide.
Chalk up another superlative achievement for China.
Zhangjiajie,
a scenic national park in the country's Hunan province, is set to open the
world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in July.
Spanning two cliffs in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon area, it
will stretch 430 meters (1,410 feet) long and 6 meters (20 feet) wide, hovering
over a 300-meter (984-foot) vertical drop.
In comparison, the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States is
21 meters (69 feet) in length and stands 219 meters (718 feet) above the canyon
floor. Canada's Glacier Skywalk in Alberta, which opened last year, extends 35
meters (115 feet) from the cliff and is a little bit shy of 300 meters in
height.
The footbridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan, who
is also behind Expo 2010 Shanghai's Israel Pavilion. Dotan says the bridge will
serve as a runway for fashion shows and be able to hold up to 800 people at
once.
The
Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie skywalk will also offer the world's highest bungee
jump, stealing the title from Macau Tower's 233-meter (764-foot)-high
attraction.
Zhangjiajie
is a 56 square-kilometer designated tourist park inside the bigger Wulingyuan
Scenic Area. It's been open to the public since 2009 and is said to have been
the inspiration behind the beautiful planet of Pandora in James Cameron's 2009
"Avatar" film.
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