MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The world's highest bridge, the Beipanjiang Bridge, has just opened to traffic in China's southwestern Guizhou province, standing at the equivalent height of a 200-storey building, China's State Council said in a statement on Thursday.
"Situated in rugged mountains and gorges, the 1,341-meter-long [0.8 miles] structure, soars 565 meters above the Baipanjiang Valley… Beipanjiang has just overtaken the Sidu River Bridge in Hubei province to become the world's highest," the statement said.
29 December 2016, 06:20 GMT
Construction for the suspension bridge began in 2013 after the plan was approved by China's Transport Ministry. The construction cost amounted to approximately 1 billion yuan ($143 million).
The Beipanjiang Bridge connects the Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, and is expected to cut travel time by almost four hours between provinces, as well as attract new investment.
