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Above the Clouds: China Builds World's Highest Bridge

© AFP 2023 / STRThis picture taken on September 10, 2016 shows the Beipanjiang Bridge, near Bijie in southwest China's Guizhou province.
This picture taken on September 10, 2016 shows the Beipanjiang Bridge, near Bijie in southwest China's Guizhou province. - Sputnik International
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Construction on the highest bridge in the world was completed in the Chinese province of Guizhou, state television broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday.

The cable-stayed suspension bridge, called Beipanjiang after the valley it is situated in, stands 565 meters above the ground.

A tourist poses for a photograph on the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge above a valley in Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan Province on August 20, 2016 - Sputnik International
World's Longest Glass-Bottom Bridge Opens in China
​The construction of the record-breaking structure lasted for three years with the participation of at least 1,000 engineers and technicians. It cost about 1 billion yuan (about US $150 million), according to Xinhua agency.

The 1,341-meter-long bridge is part of a highway linking Hangzhou City in the province of Zhejiang and Ruili City in the province of Yunnan.

Guizhou, which is located in a mountainous area with multiple cloves, is home to seven out of China's ten highest bridges.

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