World Highest Bridge Opens in SouthWest China

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The world’s highest Beipanjiang Bridge, which is as high as a 200-story building, opened to the public on Thursday in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. It is the latest example of how Chinese engineering now ranks among the best worldwide.


The 1,341-meter-long bridge soars 565 meters above the Beipanjiang Valley, with the famous Eiffel Tower measuring out to just over half of its height. It has also just overtaken the Sidu River Bridge in Hubei Province to become the world’s highest, according to Guizhou transportation officials.

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