Overview

• Xinhua lists a 625-meter clearance from riverbed to roadway and a 1,420-meter main span for the suspension crossing in Guizhou.
• Provincial transport chief Zhang Yin says the bridge cuts the Huajiang gorge trip from about two hours to two minutes.
• Construction took roughly three years, with costs reported at more than two billion renminbi (about 240 million euros).
• State media released drone footage showing vehicles driving across the bridge at the opening.
• By clearance it surpasses Guizhou’s Beipanjiang Bridge (565 meters), while the Millau Viaduct in France remains tallest by structural height, and extensive bridge-building has drawn scrutiny as 18 of the world’s 20 highest bridges are in China.