Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge is an amazing glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, China, above the Wulingyuan area. Wulingyuan is a scenic and historical site in south-central China's Hunan Province and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. This Glass Bridge in China is the longest and highest glass bridge in the world. It is a kind of glass-floor suspension bridge. It is also known as "Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge". The bridge is built as an attraction for tourists which is glass-bottomed and transparent. This marvelous glass bridge was opened to the public on August 20, 2016. The total length of this glass bridge is 430 metres. The bridge is suspended about 260 metres above the ground. The glass bridge has been constructed across a deep canyon in China's Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's central Hunan province.
The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan and has the capacity to hold 800 visitors at a time. The bridge gained widespread popularity after opening in 2016 and has been featured in numerous viral videos showing tourists having thrilling and terrifying experiences looking through the glass floor. Engineers erected 4 support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon to build the bridge. The bridge is made of a steel frame with more than 120 glass panels. Each of these panels is 3-layered and is a 2-inch-thick slab of tempered glass.
There are 3 long swings attached to the underside of the bridge. There is also a provision for making an 870-foot bungee-jump. This is considered to be highest such jump in the world. The area around the bridge features a unique geographic landscape with mountain views, natural waterfalls, ancient towns and temples that people can now enjoy from 260 metres in the sky.
On September 2, 2016, just 13 days after the bridge was opened, the authorities put out a notice saying that they are closing the bridge due to high volume of visitor traffic. The bridge, designed to hold 800 people at a time and expected to be visited by about 8,000 people per day, had reportedly attracted more than 80,000 visitors per day.
The authorities said that the government decided to suspend operations due to the "urgency to improve and update" the attraction, including its car parks, ticket-booking system, and customer service. But after all the improvements to this scenic location, the bridge was reopened on September 30, 2016.
The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan and has the capacity to hold 800 visitors at a time. The bridge gained widespread popularity after opening in 2016 and has been featured in numerous viral videos showing tourists having thrilling and terrifying experiences looking through the glass floor. Engineers erected 4 support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon to build the bridge. The bridge is made of a steel frame with more than 120 glass panels. Each of these panels is 3-layered and is a 2-inch-thick slab of tempered glass.
There are 3 long swings attached to the underside of the bridge. There is also a provision for making an 870-foot bungee-jump. This is considered to be highest such jump in the world. The area around the bridge features a unique geographic landscape with mountain views, natural waterfalls, ancient towns and temples that people can now enjoy from 260 metres in the sky.
On September 2, 2016, just 13 days after the bridge was opened, the authorities put out a notice saying that they are closing the bridge due to high volume of visitor traffic. The bridge, designed to hold 800 people at a time and expected to be visited by about 8,000 people per day, had reportedly attracted more than 80,000 visitors per day.
The authorities said that the government decided to suspend operations due to the "urgency to improve and update" the attraction, including its car parks, ticket-booking system, and customer service. But after all the improvements to this scenic location, the bridge was reopened on September 30, 2016.
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