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The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. [2] To build the bridge, engineers erected four support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon. The bridge is made of a metal frame with more than 120 glass panels. Each of these panels is three-layered and is a 5.1-centimetre-thick (2 in) slab of tempered glass.
The East Taihang Glasswalk is a skywalk bridge located in East Taihang Mountains, Hebei Province, China.Opened in October 2017 it is built 1,180 metres (3,870 ft) above sea level, stretches 226 metres (741 ft) long, and is roughly 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide.
This list of bridges in China includes notable bridges. China has a long history in bridge construction. The oldest bridge still in existence in China is the Anji Bridge, constructed during the years between 595 and 605. During the infrastructure boom of the past two decades, bridge-building has proceeded at a rapid pace on a vast scale.
The bridge was opened in September 2020 and was visited by 200,000 people by November 2020. [2] Ruyi Bridge was designed by structural steel expert, He Yunchang and made to resemble jade ruyi, which is a Chinese symbol for good fortune. [3] It is a two level 100 m long (330 ft) glass bridge which is 140 m (460 ft) above the ground.
East Taihang Glasswalk, Hebei Province, China; Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, Hunan, China; Vagamon Glass Bridge, a skywalk bridge in Kerala, India; Kyiv Glass Bridge, a pedestrian bridge in Khreshchatyi Park, Kyiv, Ukraine
Shilinxia's main attraction is its Glass Sightseeing Platform, which, at a 32.8 meters overhang, is claimed to be the largest glass sightseeing platform in the world. [2] The platform is hung from the gorge's highest peak at 800 meters above sea level and 400 meters above the bottom of the gorge. [ 3 ]
Broken Bridge, West Lake, Hangzhou. Broken Bridge (simplified Chinese: 断桥; traditional Chinese: 斷橋; pinyin: Duàn Qiáo) is a bridge near the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. It is a small, three-span, semicircular stone arch. [1] The current bridge was built in 1922 [1] but its history dates from the Tang dynasty.
Suspension bridge: G2 Jinghu Expy: Yangtze River: 1999: Jiangyin - Jingjiang: Jiangsu: 5: Tsing Ma Bridge: 1377: 3523: Suspension bridge: Route 8 Expy - Tung Chung line (MTR) Ma Wan Channel: 1997: Tsing Yi Island - Ma Wan