Overview

• Guizhou’s transportation department announced the bridge will open to traffic on Sunday, Sept. 28, following regulatory sign-off.
• The suspension bridge stands 625 meters above the Beipan River with a 2,890-meter total length and a 1,420-meter main span, figures cited by state media and specialist sources that describe it as the world’s highest and longest mountain bridge.
• Engineers completed staged trials in August, including a 96-truck load test of roughly 3,300 tons with embedded sensors tracking stress, vibration and deflection.
• Officials say the new crossing will reduce the journey across the canyon from about two hours to roughly two minutes.
• Local authorities project more than one million visitors annually tied to adjacent attractions such as a geological museum, a tower-top café and bungee jumping.