Glass Bridges in China

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Glass bridge reopens to public, capacity of 10,000 a day
2016-09-30 21:56:29 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Shi

The world's longest and highest glass bridge, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge.
[Photo: thepaper.cn]​

The world's longest and highest glass bridge, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge reopened to the public on Friday with a capacity of holding 10,000 people a day.

The glass bridge started a trial operation in late August this year, but was closed 12 days later due to overwhelming demand.

Local Cili county magistrate Gao Jingsheng said the glass bridge was not closed for safety reasons as rumours had suggested, it had passed security inspection and its construction was up to standard.

"We want to be responsible to the tourists, the local government and the scenic resorts. We thought we should perfect its surrounding facilities and environment, and tackle the problems we discovered in the trial period," he said.

Photo taken on July 29, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. Final acceptance check of the 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide glass bridge is expected to be completed this week. [Photo: Xinhua/Long Hongtao]

Zjjnews.com reported that there had been some deficiencies of the soft and hard facilities during the trial period and that was why the officials decided to close the operation and upgrade the facilities.

The upgraded services are more convenient and intelligent.

Visitors can book their tickets on the scenic resort's official website.

To avoid traffic congestion, visitors who drive private cars to the bridge must park in a certain area and transfer to the visitor center by a free sightseeing bus.

Designed by architect Haim Dotan, the 430-metre-long bridge is believed to be the world's longest and tallest glass pedestrian bridge.

It offers a way to enjoy the panoramic view of the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon.

During its trial operation the bridge held no more than 800 people at a time. Each day, 8,000 visitors had the opportunity to walk on the bridge. Entrance tickets can only be obtained by reservation.

Visitors have reportedly lined up for hours to cross the bridge.

 

[beijingwalker]

World's Longest Glass Bridge Opens in China

 

[AndrewJin]

Tianshengsanqiao Glass Platform
Wulong County, Chongqing Municipality

The Three Natural Bridges make up the most spectacular section of the South China Karst UNESCO World Heritage Site north of Wulong. A popular tourist attraction for millions of visitors from Chongqing City, the three limestone arches have openings between 96 and 116 meters in height and can be accessed via a cliffside elevator that brings visitors to the floor of the Yangshui River gorge.

Although it is not the highest or longest platform ever built, the steel and glass Three Bridges viewing platform is probably the largest ever built with enough room to accommodate more than 100 tourists at a time.

The Tianshengsanqiao Viewing Platform height has not been measured but the vertical drop from the platform tip may be higher then 150 meters. The Three Natural Bridges are featured prominently in the 2014 film Transformers: Age of Extinction directed by Michael Bay.

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[TaiShang]

China to build yet ANOTHER terrifying sky-high glass bridge in the 'Avatar' mountains - and this time it's 'invisible'

(Mail Online) December 19, 2016

The bridge will be built using mirrored stainless steel with a floor of black stone that becomes reflective when wet.

Thrill seekers rejoice - China is building yet another terrifying glass-bottomed bridge in its 'Avatar' mountains.

It was only in August that the Chinese unveiled the world's longest and highest glass bridge in the mountain range that inspired the film Avatar, in the Hunan province, but now architects have gone one further.

They've designed an 'invisible' bridge that's spectacular and scary in equal measure.

The incredible structure is designed to blend in with the landscape of the mountains of Zhangjiajie.

The transparent footbridge, suspended high between two mountain-tops, will cost over £4million to build and has been created by Martin Duplantier Architectes (MDA) and Daqian Landscape Architects, who won a design competition.

It will be built using mirrored stainless steel and the floor will be made of black stone that becomes reflective when wet, according to Designboom.com.

The world's longest and tallest glass-bottomed bridge (pictured) is also in the Zhangjiajie in the 'Avatar' mountains


The idea is that the structure mirrors the environment and gives the optical illusion of blending into thin air -definitely making it unsuitable for those scared of heights.

The bridge will be made up of two layers, however, so there are some options for nervous visitors.

The upper level that connects the two rock faces is in the shape of an elliptical disk and doesn't have a see-through floor.

A winding black stone path leads intrepid explorers from one peak to the other.

Surrounding the path is a layer of water two centimetres thick, which is sprayed onto it every seven minutes by nozzles creating a temporary cloud and mist between the mountains.

The lower level is where things start to get seriously scary however.

The floor is 100 per cent glass, allowing brave visitors to gaze at the void below.

 

[AndrewJin]

China to build yet ANOTHER terrifying sky-high glass bridge in the 'Avatar' mountains - and this time it's 'invisible'

(Mail Online) December 19, 2016

The bridge will be built using mirrored stainless steel with a floor of black stone that becomes reflective when wet.

Thrill seekers rejoice - China is building yet another terrifying glass-bottomed bridge in its 'Avatar' mountains.

It was only in August that the Chinese unveiled the world's longest and highest glass bridge in the mountain range that inspired the film Avatar, in the Hunan province, but now architects have gone one further.

They've designed an 'invisible' bridge that's spectacular and scary in equal measure.

The incredible structure is designed to blend in with the landscape of the mountains of Zhangjiajie.

The transparent footbridge, suspended high between two mountain-tops, will cost over £4million to build and has been created by Martin Duplantier Architectes (MDA) and Daqian Landscape Architects, who won a design competition.

It will be built using mirrored stainless steel and the floor will be made of black stone that becomes reflective when wet, according to Designboom.com.

The world's longest and tallest glass-bottomed bridge (pictured) is also in the Zhangjiajie in the 'Avatar' mountains


The idea is that the structure mirrors the environment and gives the optical illusion of blending into thin air -definitely making it unsuitable for those scared of heights.

The bridge will be made up of two layers, however, so there are some options for nervous visitors.

The upper level that connects the two rock faces is in the shape of an elliptical disk and doesn't have a see-through floor.

A winding black stone path leads intrepid explorers from one peak to the other.

Surrounding the path is a layer of water two centimetres thick, which is sprayed onto it every seven minutes by nozzles creating a temporary cloud and mist between the mountains.

The lower level is where things start to get seriously scary however.

The floor is 100 per cent glass, allowing brave visitors to gaze at the void below.

 

[TaiShang]

Daring. It takes a strong heart to walk through, really.

 

[AndrewJin]

Daring. It takes a strong heart to walk through, really.

I like all kinds of adventures....

 

[onebyone]

Indulge your fear of heights with China's latest glass bridge

China clearly can't get enough of vertigo-inducing glass bridges.

So it's built yet another, this one on Mount Langya in Hebei, northern China.

SEE ALSO: Volunteers swing sledgehammers at glass bridge in China to prove it's safe

The glass bridge leads to a circular observation platform, and was opened to the public in February.

Behold, its wondrous glory:

The observation platform is 466 square meters (5,015 square feet) big, and can hold 200 people.

If you fell, it would be a 450 meter (1,476 ft) drop to the gorge below.

The trek up to Mount Langya will take around three hours. You can take a cable car most of the way, but will still need to make a 40-minute trek to get there.

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[onebyone]

Thrill seekers rejoice: aerial view of a sky-high glass bridge atop the Mount Langya in N. China

 

[TaiShang]

Chongqing to unveil world's longest glass skywalk
By Tan Yingzi in Chongqing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-04-07

This photo shows the exhilarating skywalk. [Photo provided chinadaily.com.cn]


A theme park in Wansheng, Southwest China's Chongqing, will unveil an 80-meter-long glass skywalk in one month, which could break the Guinness World Record.

The A-shaped sky corridor is three times longer than the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States.

With its stone forest, the Wansheng Ordovician Park boasts unique geographic landscape from the Ordovician Period.

The skywalk is currently undergoing a test run and hopefully will open to the public on May 1, according to the park manager.

"We are applying for a Guinness World Record as the longest glass skywalk in the world," said Tang Nan, the park manager.

Some tourists have already been attracted to the spot and experienced the walkway.

"So many people want to walk on it and there is always a long line," Tang said.

In May 2015, Longgang National Geological Park in Yunyang county，Chongqing, unveiled a 26.68-meter-long glass skywalk which was said to be the world's longest one at the time.

 

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China's new overhang glass bridge opens to public
2017-04-06 16:56 | Xinhua | Editor: Mo Hong'e


A glass-bottom skywalk, believed to have the longest cantilever in the world, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality opened to public on April 1.

The A-shaped bridge extends 86 meters from the cliff wall, and hangs more than 200 meters above ground level at Wansheng Ordovician Theme Park.

Only 30 people can be on the skywalk at one time.

During last week's three-day Qingming Festival holiday, nearly 10,000 tourists from across China visited the bridge.

"My heart nearly jumped out of my chest when I stood on the bridge. It's so exhilarating," said tourist Li Jing from Chongqing.

"We will apply to the Guinness world record committee for the longest cantilever bridge, to make it more attractive to tourists," said Tang Nan, president of the park.

It is not the first cantilever glass bridge in the city. In 2015, a horseshoe-shaped, glass-bottom cantilever bridge with a 26-meter overhang opened to the public at Yunyang Longgang Geological Park.

 

[Solomon2]

The glass-bottomed walkway in China that cracks under your feet

Walkers on a glass bridge at Shiniuzhai National Geological Park - one of many glass walkways in China CREDIT: GETTY

• Soo Kim, travel writer

11 OCTOBER 2017 • 11:55AM

China has developed something of an obsession with terrifying glass-bottomed walkways. But its newest see-through bridge really takes the biscuit.

A tour guide braving the East Taiheng Glasswalk in Hubei province had the shock of his life when the glass panels beneath his fee began to crack. It was all captured in a video posted by China’s People Daily.

He need not have panicked. The cracking effect is actually a special feature designed to frighten visitors. Sensors that detect passing pedestrians, triggering the visual and sound effects.

If it’s of any comfort, the feature has been installed towards the end of the bridge, which is around two metres (6.5 feet) wide and 266 metres (872 feet) long.

The East Taiheng Glasswalk joins a string of other vertigo-inducing attractions in China, such as the Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, the world’s longest and highest glass bridge, suspended 260 metres (853 feet) above the ground in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park of Hunan province.

China's Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge - the world’s longest and highest glass bridge CREDIT: GETTY
Last year, the country unveiled plans to build an “invisible” footbridge in the same region, made with mirrored stainless steel and reflective black stone, suspended 300 metres above the ground between two mountains in the Zhangjiajie Canyon.

A rendering of the “invisible” footbridge to be built over the Zhangjiajie Canyon in China
Other dizzying bridges in the country include a 69 metre (226 feet) glass walkway in the mountains of Shaanxi province, which was unveiled this July. In the same week, a walkway outside the 88th floor of the Jinmao Tower opened in Shanghai. Set 340 metres (1,115 feet) above the ground, visitors must attach themselves to the building using a safety rope to scale it.

Back in 2015, one tourist in China was left terrified while crossing the glass-floored Yuntain Mountain Walkway when the glass panel below his feet began to crack – but this time it wasn’t a special effect. The bridge was closed temporarily for repairs after the incident.

Solomon2 comment: This is SO COOL!! Especially the "cracking" effect. What creaky-designed roller coasters are to Americans, glass bridges are to Chinese.

 

[TaiShang]

Glass bridges have become much of a norm. Awaiting a new form of spectacular dizzying innovation.

 

[cirr]

Glass suspension bridge opens to public in north China

2017-12-25 13:34 Xinhua Editor:Li Yan



Tourists walk on the glass suspension bridge at Hongyagu scenic spot in Pingshan County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 24, 2017. The 488-meter-long glass suspension bridge was formally open to the public Sunday. (Xinhua/Liu Peiran)



Tourists walk on the glass suspension bridge at Hongyagu scenic spot in Pingshan County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 24, 2017. The 488-meter-long glass suspension bridge was formally open to the public Sunday. (Xinhua/Liu Pei

Tourists walk on the glass suspension bridge at Hongyagu scenic spot in Pingshan County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 24, 2017. The 488-meter-long glass suspension bridge was formally open to the public Sunday. (Xinhua/Liu Peiran)