World's 'highest' bridge opens to traffic in China

By Euronews

Published on 29/12/2016 - 21:12

Standing at over half a kilometre high, the bridge that Chinese state media are calling the "world's highest" has opened in southwestern China.

Towering over 500m above a gorge in southwestern China, what has been dubbed by Chinese state media as the “world’s highest bridge” has opened to traffic.

Beipanjiang Bridge, the highest in the world, has been opened today in China. pic.twitter.com/Eiw2ZYqKe0
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The Beipanjiang bridge, which took three years to complete, spans over a kilometre between Xuanwei city and Shuicheng county in the country’s southwest.

It soars 565m into the sky and cost over 130 million euros to construct.

The bridge is said to shorten the journey between the two places by over three hours.

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