Asia’s highest cable way to be retired next year

2017-05-23 10:49 GMT+8

Editor Zhu Yingmin

A cable way connecting southwest China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces suspended from cliffs high above the Jinsha River will be replaced by a bridge next May, transforming the lives of 80,000 residents who currently rely on the ramshackle transport link. /VCG Photo

Before the cable way was installed 270 meters above the river in 1999, it used to take locals a whole day to cross. But due to limited loading capacity, people could not carry much with them. /VCG Photo

Now, a bridge with a width of nine meters is set to open 400 meters downstream. /VCG Photo

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