The spectacular glass-bottomed bridge ranges 400 meters or 1,400 feet.
If you have fear in heights but lives by the motto, “face your fears”, better include in your travel checklist the glass-bottomed bridge in Zhangjiajie Park in China because surely you will never fall from walking across two cliffs but you might breakdown for the spectacular view.
On Saturday, the bridge in Zhangjiajie park in central China’s Hunan province, officially opened to tourists. It crosses two peaks in the mountains of Zhangjiajie, across the canyon – the same ranges that inspired the American blockbuster Avatar.
It ranges 430 meters or 1,400 feet and is 300 meter above the ground. It’s said to be the world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge.
It has been paved with 99 panes of three-layered transparent glass.
It was designed by Israeli architect, Hail Dotan.
800 people can walk across the six-meter wide bridge altogether but only 8,000 people are allowed to visit the park in a day.
If you are a near-nervous breakdown person, you don’t need to worry that much about the view downwards because there’s already so many tourists you can barely see the 984 ft. drop.
Aside from freezing fear, the park employees also have advise for tourists, “not to wear stilettos” and bringing camera and selfie sticks are also prohibited. Ever heard about cracking the glass down?
Glass bridges in China have been a popular craze for the daring photo opportunities they provide. Events like mass yoga displays and even weddings have been staged on several such bridges.
One couple celebrated their special day by dangling in mid-air from a bridge in Pingjiang, also located in Hunan province.
Probably the question in everyone’s minds as the city geared up for the bridge’s official opening is, how safe is the bridge?
But officials have staged high-profile events to try and reassure the public of the bridge’s safety.
Officials sent in sledgehammers and even drove a car, filled with passengers, across the bridge earlier this year.