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Chongqing’s U-turn glass bridge adds thrills and spills to cliff view

2018-04-16 10:27 GMT+8
 
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1 / 4   Standard glass-bottomed bridges for visiting might have been something antiquated in China. /Xinhua Photo

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2 / 4   A scenic site in China’s bridge city, Chongqing, constructed a U-turn glass skywalk, which protrudes from a cliff at the height of 1,010.5 meters above sea level. /Xinhua Photo

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3 / 4   The U-turn skywalk is as part of a flower-like design of the Longgan Geopark, which is named “Flower of Sky.” Visitors can stand on the walk to have a more thrilling view of the cliff and karst, a kind of topography from the dissolution of soluble rocks. /Xinhua Photo

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4 / 4   According to the park, the glass bridge is the world’s longest cantilever structure with an overhanging length of 26.68 meters, over five meters longer than America’s Grand Canyon Skywalk. /Xinhua Photo

 
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