Overview

• The deck sits 625 meters above the Beipan River, establishing a new height record confirmed by state media.
• Its 1,420-meter main span is described by Guizhou authorities as the longest steel truss–suspension span in mountainous terrain.
• The crossing reduces a journey that previously took around two hours to roughly two minutes, according to Xinhua.
• Construction took about three years and cost more than 2 billion yuan, with the total length reported at 2,890 meters.
• The bridge surpasses the nearby Beipanjiang/Duge span at 565.4 meters, highlighting China’s concentration of the world’s tallest bridges and renewing focus on provincial debt risks.