PHOTOS!!!
Chalk up another superlative achievement for China.
Zhangjiajie,
a scenic national park in the country's Hunan province, is set to open
the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in July.
Spanning
two cliffs in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon area, it will stretch 430
meters (1,410 feet) long and 6 meters (20 feet) wide, hovering over a
300-meter (984-foot) vertical drop.
In
comparison, the Grand Canyon Skywalk in the United States is 21 meters
(69 feet) in length and stands 219 meters (718 feet) above the canyon
floor. Canada's Glacier Skywalk in Alberta, which opened last year,
extends 35 meters (115 feet) from the cliff and is a little bit shy of
300 meters in height.
The footbridge was designed by Israeli
architect Haim Dotan, who is also behind Expo 2010 Shanghai's Israel
Pavilion. Dotan says the bridge will serve as a runway for fashion shows
and be able to hold up to 800 people at once.
The
Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie skywalk will also offer the world's highest
bungee jump, stealing the title from Macau Tower's 233-meter
(764-foot)-high attraction.
Zhangjiajie
is a 56 square-kilometer designated tourist park inside the bigger
Wulingyuan Scenic Area. It's been open to the public since 2009 and is
said to have been the inspiration behind the beautiful planet of Pandora
in James Cameron's 2009 "Avatar" film.
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