Thursday 10 September 2020

If You Do Not Have A Fear Of Heights,

and want to be photographed somewhere completely different,


this could be the bridge for you, all images © Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University,

behold the new glass-bottom bridge in China’s Huangchuan Three Gorges Scenic Area, which now ranks as the longest in the world,

at a staggering 526.14 meters in length, 

the structure is the project of the firm Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University and looms 201 meters above the Lianjiang River,

bright red towers mark either end, with an 8.8-meter-wide deck running between them. Three layers of 4.5-centimetre-thick glass lined with steel compose the transparent bridge, which is suspended with cables and can hold 500 people, I hate to say it, but with my fear of heights I do not care how long the detour is to miss using the bridge, I would take it!


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