Glass Bridges in China

[TaiShang]

Glass bridge for Grand Canyon


Workers mop up the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province, June 23, 2016. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


Photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


Photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


An aerial photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


Workers mop up the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province, June 23, 2016. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


Photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


People walk on the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province, June 23, 2016. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)


Photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge and a viewing platform at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

 

[TaiShang]

Photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)



An aerial photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)



An aerial photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)



An aerial photo taken on June 23, 2016 shows the glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into operation after the security check. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

 

[TaiShang]

Visitor strike the glass-bottomed bridge with hammers for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)




A SUV travels on a glass bridge during a load testing at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 25, 2016. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



A visitor strikes the glass-bottomed bridge with a hammer for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



Visitor strike the glass-bottomed bridge with hammers for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



A SUV travels on a glass bridge during a load testing at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 25, 2016. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



A SUV travels on a glass bridge during a load testing at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, June 25, 2016. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



Visitor strike the glass-bottomed bridge with hammers for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)



A visitor strikes the glass-bottomed bridge with a hammer for a safety test at Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon on June 25, 2016 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. The bridge is 430 meters long, six meters wide and 300 meters above the valley. (Photo: China News Service/ Yang Huafeng)

 

[Tiqiu]

Haha, just saw this on BBC few days ago.

 

[onebyone]

 

[onebyone]

New Safety Test :2 ton car with 5 adults driving on China's giant glass bridge hit with sledgehammer

 

[TaiShang]

First glass skywalk seen in China's Yunnan

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Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

 

[AndrewJin]

First glass skywalk seen in China's Yunnan

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Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

This looks cool!

But no one can beat the glass skywalk in Zhangjiajie in Central China!

@Götterdämmerung @Gibbs @simple Brain @Śakra @anant_s

Also the new glass footbridge!

 

[cirr]

First glass skywalk seen in China's Yunnan

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Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]


Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

Tourists walk on a glass skywalk in Shimenguan scenic spot in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 29, 2016. The 80-meter long and 170-meter high skywalk is the first glass skywalk in the province. [Photo: Xinhua/Hu Chao]

WTF?!

I won't set my foot on this even if you give me a million yuan. NO!!!

This looks cool!

But no one can beat the glass skywalk in Zhangjiajie in Central China!

@Götterdämmerung @Gibbs @simple Brain @Śakra @anant_s

Also the new glass footbridge!

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[TaiShang]

WTF?!

I won't set my foot on this even if you give me a million yuan. NO!!!

Ones shared by @AndrewJin are definitely more scary. That entirely glass bridge in Zhangjiajie that seems like going nowhere?

 

[TaiShang]

World's longest, highest glass bridge to open
(Xinhua) August 17, 2016



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. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

CHANGSHA, Aug. 17 -- The world's longest and highest glass bridge will open to visitors 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.

A maximum of 8,000 visitors are allowed to cross the bridge every day and a reservation must be made one day prior to visiting.

Construction was completed in December. In July, a 2-tonne truck was driven across in a show of the bridge's sturdiness.

The Grand Canyon Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie welcomed more than 1.2 million visitors from home and abroad in 2015.



The aerial 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. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

An aerial photo taken on May 17, 2016 shows the construction site of a glass bridge at the Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, central China's Hunan Province. The 430-meter-long, 6-meter-wide bridge is expected to be put into a trial operation in May. The structure has undergone nearly 100 safety tests to ensure that it can support the weight of 800 people. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)

 

[DavidSling]

Haim Dotan, a Tel Aviv-based architect and urban designer, initially did not want to build the skywalk in the picturesque Zhangjiajie mountains.

People visit a glass bridge at a gorge as it opens to public in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province, China. (photo credit:REUTERS)

China this week opened what is said to be the longest and highest glass-bottom bridge in the world, and it was designed by an Israeli architect.

Designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan, the bridge is suspended across Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan Province's scenic Zhangjiajie National Park some 300 meters (984 feet) above ground.


The glass-floored bridge measuring 430 meters long and six meters wide is situated between two cliffs in the picturesque Zhangjiajie mountains that inspired the American epic science-fiction film 'Avatar.'

Dotan, a Tel Aviv-based architect and urban designer, initially did not want to build the bridge that opened to the public on Saturday.

(Israeli-designed glass bridge in China (Reuters))

Eventually though he acquiesced to the request of the developer. However, according to a Wired interview in 2015, he had one condition: “I told him, ‘We can build a bridge but under one condition: I want the bridge to disappear.’”

The hanging passageway is paved with 99 panes of triple-layered transparent glass.

For those of whom the rush of walking on the see-through overpass is not enough, adrenaline junkies will also be able to do bungee jumping and zip line activities from the bridge.

A man strikes a hammer against the glass-bottom bridge in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, China, during a safety test ceremony June 25, 2016 (Reuters)

For safety purposes, a maximum of 8,000 visitors are reportedly permitted to cross the skywalk per day.

Construction of the bridge was completed last December at a cost of 22.5 million yuan.

Reuters contributed to this report.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Is...ens-as-worlds-highest-longest-in-China-464811

 

[Furqan Sarwar]

This Glass Walkway Offers Dizzying Views of a Mountain Ravine

Glass walkways on mountains are all the rage at China's Tianmenshan National Park, where the third walkway—hugging a mountain about 4,600 feet above sea level—opened August 1.

The Coiling Dragon Cliff walkway is about 300 feet long, and just 5 feet wide. Even if the walkway were made of wood, metal or concrete, the views of the park would be gorgeously vertigo-inducing. The glass only adds to the effect.

The national park's glass walkways and mountain views are popular with tourists, according to People's Daily Online.

The new walkway was previously wooden, according to Mail Online, but was converted to glass.

The two previously opened glass walkways include a bridge suspended 3,500 feet in the air.

Dizzyingly high glass walkways are also popular in Shanghai, where a handrail-free walkway on Jinmao Tower recently opened. And across the Pacific, Los Angeles is just getting started with a glass slide attached to the side of a skyscraper.

 

[艹艹艹]

Welcome to experience the world's longest glass bridge Don't be afraid.

 

[AndrewJin]

This Glass Walkway Offers Dizzying Views of a Mountain Ravine

Glass walkways on mountains are all the rage at China's Tianmenshan National Park, where the third walkway—hugging a mountain about 4,600 feet above sea level—opened August 1.

The Coiling Dragon Cliff walkway is about 300 feet long, and just 5 feet wide. Even if the walkway were made of wood, metal or concrete, the views of the park would be gorgeously vertigo-inducing. The glass only adds to the effect.

The national park's glass walkways and mountain views are popular with tourists, according to People's Daily Online.

The new walkway was previously wooden, according to Mail Online, but was converted to glass.

The two previously opened glass walkways include a bridge suspended 3,500 feet in the air.

Dizzyingly high glass walkways are also popular in Shanghai, where a handrail-free walkway on Jinmao Tower recently opened. And across the Pacific, Los Angeles is just getting started with a glass slide attached to the side of a skyscraper.

Such glass walkways seem like the new norm at China's tourist sites.