{"id":3330291,"date":"2025-09-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=3330291"},"modified":"2025-09-27T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T08:05:21","slug":"worlds-highest-bridge-to-open-to-traffic-in-chinas-mountainous-southwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/de\/2025\/09\/worlds-highest-bridge-to-open-to-traffic-in-chinas-mountainous-southwest\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s highest bridge to open to traffic in China\u2019s mountainous southwest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou rises around 625 metres above a river to around the same height as the Shanghai Tower.<\/b>
\nA bridge described by Chinese state media as the world\u2019s highest will open to traffic on Sunday in the mountainous southwestern province of Guizhou.
The suspension bridge, which took three years to build, crosses the Huajiang Grand Canyon and is intended to cut travel times across the gorge from two hours to just a few minutes, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Guizhou is already home to almost half the world\u2019s 100 tallest bridges, and the latest project rises 625m (2,050ft) from the river below to its bridge deck.
This is about the same height as mainland China\u2019s tallest skyscraper, the Shanghai Tower, and around 60m higher than the previous record holder, the Duge Bridge, which is about 200km (120 miles) away.
In crossing the Huajiang Grand Canyon \u2013 known as the \u201cEarth\u2019s crack\u201d due to its incredibly deep and narrow gorge \u2013 the bridge is also set to become the longest mountain bridge in the world, with a total length of 2,890m.
Its main span is 1,420m \u2013 10m longer than Britain\u2019s Humber Bridge, which was the world\u2019s longest single-span suspension bridge until 1998 \u2013 according to the website highestbridges.com.<\/p>\n