The cable-stayed suspension bridge, called Beipanjiang after the valley it is situated in, stands 565 meters above the ground.
Highest bridge in the world! Construction of 570-meter-high Beipanjiang Bridge finished in Guizhou Province pic.twitter.com/wHyIyg807c
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) 12 сентября 2016 г.
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.