{"id":107037,"date":"2025-08-30T16:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107037\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T16:28:07","slug":"worlds-tallest-bridge-that-cost-252m-passes-key-test-world-news-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/107037\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s tallest bridge that cost $252m passes key test – World News – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A massive $252million bridge in China<\/a> that is destined to become the world’s tallest<\/a> has successfully completed a crucial examination.<\/p>\n

The five-day evaluation occurred in preparation for the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge’s launch, scheduled for late September.<\/p>\n

The load assessment represented the final inspection that the structure required to pass before being deemed safe for vehicular traffic, reports Daily Express UK.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The process involved a testing crew operating 96 trucks – totaling 3,300 tons – positioned at specific locations designed to evaluate the bridge’s structural integrity.<\/p>\n

The remarkable infrastructure project towers 625 meters above the Beipan River canyon in Guizhou province.<\/p>\n

“This bridge is an unprecedented engineering feat,” declared Wu Zhaoming of Guizhou Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n

Construction crews were forced to cut a mountain in half to accommodate the bridge. On August 1, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared video footage of a new bridge winding through a dramatically altered hill, with two sections of its top sloping inward.<\/p>\n

Officials claim that this new route will allow drivers to bypass an hour-long complex commute, crossing the bridge in just one minute instead.<\/p>\n

The world’s longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, also located in China. It stretches over 102 miles, facilitating high-speed train travel across cities, lakes, and rivers.<\/p>\n

The massive structure was built by a workforce of 10,000 and took four years to complete.<\/p>\n

Currently, the tallest bridge in the world is France’s Millau Viaduct.<\/p>\n

Surpassing the height of the Eiffel Tower, it stands at 343 meters high, towering above the clouds in Creissels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive $252million bridge in China that is destined to become the world’s tallest has successfully completed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,512,460,134,2592,4217,73159],"class_list":["post-107037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-china","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-france","tag-infrastructure","tag-worlds-tallest-bridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}