China Is Building Yet ANOTHER Glass Bridge And It Will Be The Longest In The World
It comes with a transparent glass-bottomed walkway, of course.
By John Lim — 21 Jan 2016, 04:21 PM
It seems like China has a huge thing for ridiculously long glass bridges.
The country is now working on a new glass bridge which will eclipse over the bridge at Shiniuzhai National Geological Park as the world's longest glass-bottomed walkway.
Stretching over 1410-feet across a deep gorge with a terrifying 984-feet drop to the bottom of the valley, the bridge is located at Tianmenshan National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie
Work on the latest and longest bridge is on track to be completed by June this year. When it's done, the bridge at the Tianmenshan National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie will stretch 1410-feet across a gorge, 984-feet up from the bottom of the valley.
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It isn't exactly completely made of glass, but the bottom is, so that's one way to overcome your fear of heights if you have one.
The bridge costs approximately £2.6 million (RM16 million) to build and will have a maximum visitor capacity of 800 people
Wan Tianbao, deputy chief engineer of China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance and Design Institute as well as designer of the bridge, said that the maximum visitor capacity of the bridge is 800, and there is no need to worry about the load capacity of the glass deck because it is extremely well fortified.
people.cnIn order for the bridge to contain that many people at one time, giant metals balls will be placed at the decks to restrain vibration
Tianbai further stated: "When lots of people walk on the bridge in quick progression, it is easy to cause resonance, which can lead to structural deformation. To avoid this, we placed a number of giant glass balls on the deck to restrain vibration."
Each glass ball is estimated to weigh 850lb and have been placed irregularly to interrupt the tread of pedestrians and restrain any vibrations.
Once completed, tourists will be able to bungee jump and zip line from the bridge as well
As a landscape bridge, it is not only a passageway. Tourists can go bungee jumping and ziplining from that bridge. Although we're pretty sure you need a very strong heart to free-fall from this height.