China opens the world's longest glass bridge

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Saturday 26 Sep 2015 - 19:08 Makkah mean time-13-12-1436 (Image from Reuters) Changsha, China (IINA) - China has opened a 300-meter-long glass bridge on Thursday and it is considered the longest glass bridge in the world. The bridge is located at Shiniuzhai National Geo-park in Pinging County, Hunan province, Jakarta Globe reported. The 300-meter-long glass bridge spans over a canyon about 180 meter deep and was previously a wooden bridge with some glass panels, but it recently became the latest piece of pedestrian infrastructure to embrace the transparent trend in China. Images of tourists looking down as they are walking on a glass suspension bridge at the Shiniuzhai National Geo-park in Pinging County, Hunan province, China. (Images by Reuters) AG/IINA