CHINA OPENS LONGEST GLASS BOTTOM BRIDGE IN WORLD
August
20, 2016
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Tourists who suffer from vertigo need not apply.
The world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened Saturday in
China’s spectacular Zhangjiajie mountains — the inspiration for American
blockbuster Avatar.
Some 430 metres (1,400 feet) long and suspended 300 metres
above the earth, the bridge spans the canyon between two mountain cliffs in
Zhangjiajie park in China’s central Hunan province.
Six metres wide and made of
some 99 panels of clear glass, the bridge can carry up to 800 people at the
same time, an official in Zhangjiajie — a popular tourist destination — told
the Xinhua news agency.
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bottom Tourists can walk across the bridge, designed by Israeli architect Haim
Dotan, and the more adventurous will be able to bungee jump or ride a zip line.
“I wanted to feel awe-inspired by this bridge. But I’m not afraid — it seems
safe!” Wang Min, who was visiting the new structure with her husband and
children, told newsmen Saturday.
Following an alarming glass bridge cracking
incident at the Yuntai mountain in northern Henan in 2015, authorities in
Zhangjiajie were eager to demonstrate the safety of the structure. Read more
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