World's Longest, Highest Glass Bridge Opens in China

An aerial photo shows tourists visiting the glass-bottom bridge at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on Saturday.

An aerial view of glass-bottom bridge at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on Saturday in China's Hunan Province.

The 430-meter long, 6-meter wide bridge, paved with 99 panes of three-layer transparent glasses, hangs between two steep cliffs 300 meters above the ground.

A visitor strikes the glass-bottomed bridge with a hammer for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's Hunan Province.

A tourist poses for a photograph on the glass-bottomed bridge above a valley in Zhangjiajie on Saturday.

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The world's longest and highest glass bridge opened to visitors on Saturday in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, Central China, the management committee said. The 430-meter long, 6-meter wide bridge, paved with 99 panes of three-layer transparent glasses, hangs between two steep cliffs 300 meters above the ground. The bridge has set 10 world records spanning its design and construction, according to the committee.

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