webfact Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 World’s ‘highest’ bridge opens to traffic in China XUANWEI: -- 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. 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. -- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stament Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Not for the faint hearted. Don't think I would go over it as I am a bit scared of heights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somtamnication Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Or Chinese building expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Fair play to the Chinese. If one is suicidal, imagine it'd be worth jumping from. Another angle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, daveAustin said: Fair play to the Chinese. If one is suicidal, imagine it'd be worth jumping from. Another angle: Actually that is a cool bridge. It will actually take a full 10 seconds to fall the 500 m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorG Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 base-jumpers' delight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 1 hour ago, daveAustin said: If one is suicidal, imagine it'd be worth jumping from. Don't tell any condo dwellers from Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomfiddler Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 The trade phrase is that "Anyone can build a bridge that will stand up, but only a civil engineer can build one that will just stand up" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegum Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It doesn't exactly blend in with the surrounding landscape. But it will come to define that landscape. This is called progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheard Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Awesome, totally awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usernames Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Is this an earthquake zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck2 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) Congratulation to China for this bridge, finished within 3 years. Some TV-members feel compelled to give this useful bridge/construction an adverse purpose. Edited December 30, 2016 by puck2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d123 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 puck2 you're right, congratulations for completing this project in 3 years. Puts the 3year plus trying to complete the Samkong underpass (Phuket) into perspective. Oh and congratulations to the Samkong underpass contractor for nearly completing your project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigntax Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I hope they didn't use Chinese bolts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 BASE jumper alert.... welcome to the drop.. dudes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 10 hours ago, daveAustin said: Fair play to the Chinese. If one is suicidal, imagine it'd be worth jumping from. Another angle: The bridges over the Yangtze at Nanjing and Wuhan are already suicide hot-spots. About 75/year between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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