{"id":193008,"date":"2025-09-30T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/193008\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T19:46:10","slug":"china-opens-worlds-reported-largest-span-bridge-over-beipan-river-valley-to-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/193008\/","title":{"rendered":"China opens world’s reported largest span bridge over Beipan River valley to traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic for the first time on Sunday \u2014 and now claims to be the world\u2019s tallest and largest span bridge in a mountainous area<\/a>, according to Chinese state media.<\/p>\n

Located in China’s Guizhou Province, the bridge hangs over the Beipan River and crosses through the Huajiang Canyon.<\/p>\n

The bridge is reportedly 2,050 feet above the river. It stretches nearly 10,000 feet long, with a main span of about 5,000 feet.<\/p>\n

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Guizhou Highway Engineering Group Company\u2019s chief engineer, Zhang Shenglin, said the bridge spans “earth’s crack.”<\/p>\n

The bridge, he added, “will showcase China’s engineering capabilities and boost Guizhou’s goal of becoming a world-class tourist destination<\/a>,” the China Daily reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic Sunday, reportedly becoming the world’s tallest and largest span bridge in a mountainous area, at 2,050 feet. Above, one of the many jaw-dropping pictures of it.\u00a0 (Wu Dongjun\/VCG via Reuters)<\/p>\n

After three years of construction, the newly opened bridge successfully cuts two hours of travel drive time<\/a> down to two minutes, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n

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University of Calgary civil engineering professor Mamdouh El-Badry told several outlets a project of this scale would typically take at least five to 10 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The bridge successfully slashes two hours of travel time to just two minutes, according to reports. (Li Yunfeng\/VCG via Reuters)<\/p>\n

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Another view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in the Guizhou Province of China.\u00a0 (Li Yunfeng\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

He said that time frame included everything from “groundbreaking to completion, depending on environmental<\/a>, political and logistical factors.”<\/p>\n

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The previous tallest bridge in the world, the Millau Viaduct in France, stretches 8,070 feet long and sits nearly 1,000 feet above the Tarn River.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge reportedly took three years to complete.\u00a0 (VCG\/VCG via Reuters)<\/p>\n

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Photo taken from a drone showing the newly opened bridge against the setting sun in southwest China’s Guizhou Province.\u00a0 (Yang Wenbin\/Xinhua via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It is supported by seven concrete pillars that are each 1,125 feet tall \u2014 “taller than the Eiffel Tower<\/a>,” according to the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n

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The Canakkale Bridge in northwestern Turkey is the longest suspension bridge that stretches over a mile.<\/p>\n

Reuters contributed reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ashley J. DiMella is a Lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,3995,144,229,88,112235,149,2427,4477],"class_list":{"0":"post-193008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-asia","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-extreme-travel","16":"tag-lifestyle","17":"tag-travel","18":"tag-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}