World's tallest bridge opens to traffic in Guizhou, SW China
Updated: September 29, 2025 09:50Xinhua
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The world's tallest bridge opened to traffic Sunday morning in Guizhou, slashing travel time across a deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes after three years of construction. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River in Guizhou's mountainous terrain, is nearly nine times as tall as San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. With a main span of 1,420 meters, the project has become the world's longest-span steel truss girder suspension bridge in mountainous terrain, according to Guizhou provincial authorities. Spanning the Huajiang Grand Canyon, dubbed "the Earth's crack," the 2,890-meter-long structure is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding infrastructure network of the world's second-largest economy. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge at sunset in southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo/Xinhua]
