Human Interest
China set to open world's longest glass-bottomed bridge─── 09:43 Tue, 19 May 2015
Beijing - 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 long and six meters wide, hovering over a 300-meter vertical drop.
In comparison, the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States is 21 meters in length and stands 219 meters above the canyon floor. Canada's Glacier Skywalk in Alberta, which opened last year, extends 35 meters from the cliff and is a little bit shy of 300 meters in height.
The footbridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. Dotan says the bridge will serve as a runway for fashion shows and be able to hold up to 800 people at once.
CNN
