Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge 张家界大峡谷玻璃桥 | |
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| Coordinates | 29°23′55″N110°41′54″E / 29.3987°N 110.6982°E |
| Carries | Person(s) |
| Locale | Zhangjiajie, Hunan |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension |
| Material | Steel |
| Width | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Height | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
| Longest span | 430 m (1,410 ft) |
| Clearance below | 300 m (980 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 20 August 2016 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 8,000 |
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| Simplified Chinese | 张家界 大 峡谷 玻璃 桥 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張家界 大 峽谷 玻璃 橋 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 云 天 渡 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 雲 天 渡 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Cloud Sky Crossing | ||||||
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Zhangjiajie Glass footpath is a skywalk bridge in Zhangjiajie,Hunan,above the Wulingyuan area. The bridge,built as an attraction for tourists,is glass-bottomed and is transparent. When it opened it was the longest and tallest glass bottomed bridge in the world. The bridge,opened to the public on 20 August 2016,measures 430 metres (1,410 ft) in total length and 6 metres (20 ft) in width,and is suspended about 300 metres (980 ft) above the ground. [1] The bridge spans the canyon between two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the northwest of Hunan province. It is designed to carry up to 800 visitors at a time. The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. [2]
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To build the bridge,engineers erected four support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon. The bridge is made of a metal frame with more than 120 glass panels. Each of these panels is three-layered and is a 5.1-centimetre-thick (2 in) slab of tempered glass. There are three long swings attached to the underside of the bridge. There is also a provision for making a 285-metre (935 ft) bungee jump,considered to be highest bungee jump in the world. [3]
According to the Management Committee of the Bridge,the bridge has set ten world records spanning its design and construction. [4] The record as longest glass bridge has since passed to a glass bridge in the Grand Canyon Scenic Area,Hebei. [5]
