Chongqing builds world's longest cantilever bridge
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E-mail CRI, February 26, 2015
Construction of the longest cantilever bridge in the world has finished at Longgang scenic area in Yunyang, southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
![Workers stand on the cantilever bridge at Longgang scenic area in Yunyang, southwest China's Chongqing municipality.[Photo/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20150226/7427ea210acc1658b62906.jpg "Workers stand on the cantilever bridge at Longgang scenic area in Yunyang, southwest China's Chongqing municipality.[Photo/Xinhua]") |
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Workers stand on the cantilever bridge at Longgang scenic area in Yunyang, southwest China's Chongqing municipality.[Photo/Xinhua] |
A total of 50 pieces of glass, covering nearly 150 square meters, have been installed on the bridge. Visitors can enjoy the beautiful sight of the canyon and river through the glass under their feet. The special glass can resist typhoons at the scale of 14 and an earthquake of 8.0 magnitude.
The transparent structure, 718 meters above the ground, has a cantilever extending to 26.68 meters, five meters longer than the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
Construction of surrounding facilities will be finished by the end of April, and the bridge is expected to open to the public from the May Day Holiday.
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