A bridge too far: World's longest glass bridge opens in China at 755 feet high... and it will SWAY when tourists walk on it
* The spectacular bridge, opened on December 24, is 1,601 feet long and paved with 1,077 glass panels
* It hangs over a beautiful canyon in Hebei province at 755 feet high - the height of a 66-storey building
* The walkway has been designed to 'sway a little' and management expected it to entertain the visitors
* Another scenic spot had opened the country's first glass bridge with 'special effects' one day before
By Tracy You For Mailonline
Published: 11:00 GMT, 27 December 2017 | Updated: 11:38 GMT, 27 December 2017
A glass-bottomed suspension bridge measuring a whopping 1,601 feet long has opened in China.
The transparent footpath is the longest glass bridge in the world and is designed to 'sway a little' when tourists walk on it, according to Chinese state media.
It's 191 feet longer than the previous record holder, which is also in China.
The 6.5-foot-wide walkway hangs 755 feet above the ground - roughly the height of a 66-storey building - between two cliffs in the Hongyagu Scenic Area in Hebei province.
The spectacular tourist attraction, which opened on December 24, is paved with 1,077 glass panels, reported
People's Daily Online, citing China Daily.
Each of the panels is 1.5 inches thick and the whole bridge weighs 70 tonnes.
The most thrilling feature of the bridge could be its 'swaying sensation'.
Hebei Bailu Group, the company that built the bridge, told local reporters that they hoped the swinging motion could entertain the visitors as they take in the breath-taking scenery on the vertigo-inducing path.
Previously, the world's longest glass bridge measured 1,410 feet long and is situated in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Hunan Province, southern China.
The Hongyagu bridge could support a maximum of 2,000 people. However, to ensure safety the management would only allow 500 tourists to stand on it at any one time.
Last year, the glass-bottomed bridge in Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon was forced to close just 13 days after it opened due to an overwhelming number of tourists. Thousands of people had flocked to stand on the 984-foot-high structure every day, causing safety concerns.
In 2015, a group of Chinese tourists were left screaming in terror on the side of a 3,540-foot-high cliff in Henan, central China, after a glass pane on a new transparent walkway suddenly shattered.
Glass-bottomed bridges are hugely popular in China and have been built all across the country.
Just one day before Hongyagu Scenic Area opened the world's longest glass-bottomed bridge, another scenic spot in eastern China unveiled the country's first transparent walkway with special effects.
Situated on the lush mountains of Wuhu, Anhui Province, the 1,272-foot-long glass bridge could appear to shatter when tourists stand on them.
In addition, two dragon statues on top of the 590-foot-high bridge could produce smoke, which makes the mythological creatures seemingly fly through the clouds.
