China's latest is said
to be the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge.
The
structure, which was officially unveiled to the public for the first
time on Saturday, crosses two peaks in the mountains of Zhangjiajie -
the same ranges that inspired the American blockbuster Avatar.
The bridge pans approximately 430 metres (1,400 feet) across two peaks and is suspended 300 metres (984ft) above a sheer drop. It crosses a canyon that divides two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie Park, in China's central Hunan province.
The structure is six metres (19ft8in) wide and made of some 99 panels of clear glass.
It can carry up to 800 people at the same time, an official in Zhangjiajie told China's state news agency Xinhua.
Tourists
can walk across the bridge, designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan,
and the more adventurous will be able to bungee jump or ride a zip line.
According to Huanqiu, many tourists started queuing to be the first to go on the bridge the night before.
Only 8,000 people each day will be allowed to cross the bridge and only 600 at any one time, Xinhua said,
Tourists will have to book their tickets a day in advance, at a cost of 138 yuan (£15.94).
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