About Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge:
- It is a suspension bridge currently under construction in Zhenfeng County, Guizhou Province, China.
- Guizhou province is a mountainous area of China, which is 800 miles west of the city of Shenzhen.
- It's already home to many impressive structures and buildings. Nearly half of the top 100 tallest bridges in the world are in Guizhou.
- Upon completion, Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge will hold the title of the world's highest bridge.
- It will be 625 meters (2,051 feet) above Beipan River level-200m taller than the Eiffel Tower.
- That also makes it taller than the Millau Viaduct in France, which at 343 meters (1,125 feet) held the record for the tallest bridge until now.
- The bridge is a steel truss suspension bridge with a total length of 2,890 metres (9,482 feet).
- Altogether, these trusses weigh about 22,000 tons, equivalent to three Eiffel Towers.
- It's taken 3 and a half years to build, with construction officially starting on 18 January 2022.
- The cost of the bridge is estimated at around £216 million (Rs 2,200 crore).
- It will form part of the Shantou–Kunming Expressway, a major roadway that connects China’s southeastern coastal city of Shantou to Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province.
- The bridge will cut travel time across the canyon from about one hour to two minutes.
