World’s highest bridge opens in China at 625 meters
China has inaugurated the world’s highest bridge, towering 625 meters above the Beipanjiang River in the mountainous Guizhou Province, reports a Kazinform News Agency correspondent.
According to state media, the Huajiang Canyon Bridge, completed after more than three years of construction, surpasses San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge by nearly nine times in height. With a total length of 2,890 meters, it has also set a record as the world’s longest-span steel truss suspension bridge built in a mountainous region.
China has invested heavily in infrastructure in recent decades to sustain rapid economic growth and urbanization. Guizhou, a landlocked and mountainous province, has emerged as a showcase of this policy. Thousands of bridges span its deep valleys, including nearly half of the world’s 100 tallest bridges.
The previous record-holder, also located in Guizhou, was the Beipanjiang Bridge at 565 meters. With the Huajiang Canyon Bridge now surpassing it, the province is home to the two highest bridges in the world.
Earlier, it was reported that China officially inaugurated the world’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Jiangsu Province, linking the cities of Changzhou and Taizhou in eastern China.