New glass suspension bridge opens in north China
Xinhua,December 26, 2017 Adjust font size:
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 488-meter-long glass suspension bridge opened to the public Sunday in Pingshan County in north China's Hebei Province.
The glass-bottom bridge stands four meters wide and hangs between two cliffs around 218 meters above ground level, about as high as a 66-floor building, at Hongyagu scenic spot in the county.
Around 600 people can cross the bridge at a time. The bridge is made of more than 1,000 panes of four-cm-thick glass.
It is supported by cables weighing over 120 tonnes, according to the bridge's builder.
"The bridge is like a dragon lying between mountains, and I feel like I'm walking in the clouds on it," said a tourist surnamed Deng from Shijiazhuang City.
Glass bridges can be found in other parts of China, including Zhangjiajie, a famous tourist destination, where a 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge hangs between two steep cliffs 300 meters above the ground. Enditem