World's?longest?glass?bridge?ready?to?open
The?world's?longest?glassfloor?bridge?will?open?to?the?public?on?Sunday?in?Shijiazhuang,?Hebei?province.
The?bridge,?which?stretches?488?meters,?is?2?meters?wide?and?hangs?218?meters?(about?66?stories)?above?the?valley?floor?between?two?steep?cliffs?in?the?Hongyagu?Scenic?Area?in?Pingshan?county.
It?is?paved?with?1,077?panes?of?transparent?glass,?each?4?centimeters?thick,?and?weighs?a?total?of?70?metric?tons.
The?sky?bridge?is?designed?to?swing?a?little?while?visitors?walk?to?its?center,?creating?a?thrill?for?visitors,?according?to?Hebei?Bailu?Group,?the?local?tourism?company?that?built?the?bridge.
While?walking?on?the?bridge,?tourists?can?enjoy?the?surrounding?Hongyagu?scenery,?which?boasts?a?unique?geographic?landscape?with?mountain?views,?natural?waterfalls,?ancient?towns?and?temples.
The?bridge?was?designed?to?support?up?to?2,000?people,?though?it's?expected?that?only?500?will?be?on?it?at?one?time,?said?Liu?Qiqi,?director?in?charge?of?construction.
世界上最長(zhǎng)的玻璃橋準(zhǔn)備開放
世界上最長(zhǎng)的玻璃橋?qū)⒂谥苋赵诤颖笔∈仪f市向公眾開放。
這座長(zhǎng)488米、寬2米的橋在平山縣紅崖谷風(fēng)景區(qū)的懸崖之間懸空218米(約66層樓高)。
它由1077塊透明玻璃鋪制而成，每層厚4厘米，總質(zhì)量重達(dá)70噸。
據(jù)當(dāng)?shù)芈糜喂竞颖卑樇瘓F(tuán)介紹，“天橋”在規(guī)劃時(shí)就被設(shè)計(jì)成當(dāng)游客步行到橋中心的時(shí)候會(huì)微微晃動(dòng)，旨在為游客提供比較刺激的觀光體驗(yàn)。
當(dāng)游客漫步在橋上，擁有獨(dú)特山地風(fēng)貌、自然瀑布、古鎮(zhèn)和寺廟的紅崖谷風(fēng)景全貌會(huì)盡收眼底。
建筑工程負(fù)責(zé)人劉奇奇說，這座橋的設(shè)計(jì)載重上限高達(dá)2000人，但使用上限會(huì)要求在同時(shí)負(fù)荷500人以內(nèi)。
