Chinese engineers have completed the basic structure of what is expected to become the world’s highest bridge. ': China opens longest glass-bottomed bridge Read moreThe Beipanjiang bridge, in mountainous southwestern China, soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river, the Guizhou provincial transport department said in a statement. As such it overtakes the Si Du River Bridge in the central province of Hubei to become the world’s highest bridge, said the statement posted on Sunday. Photograph: China Stringer Network/ReutersSeveral of the world’s highest bridges are in China, although the world’s tallest bridge – measured in terms of the height of its own structure, rather than the distance to the ground – remains France’s Millau viaduct at 343m tall. The announcement comes a week after authorities closed the world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge, also in China, after deciding it needed urgent maintenance.

Source: The Guardian September 12, 2016 05:03 UTC