#world's highest bridge

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The Huajiang Canyon Bridge (Chinese: 花江峡谷大桥) is a suspension bridge in Guizhou in China.

The bridge crosses the Beipan River as it passes through the deep Huajiang Canyon.

It is the world's highest bridge, measuring 625 metres (2,051 ft) from the bridge deck to the bottom of the gorge.

It surpasses the previous highest bridge, the Duge Bridge, which crosses the same river 200 kilometres (120 mi) upstream. The bridge was opened to the public on 28 September 2025.

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Among the reasons for the construction of the bridge were the revitalization of a very rural region and the promotion of tourism, with the projected creation of a center for extreme sports at the bottom of the canyon.

Guizhou is economically depressed, exceptionally rugged, and for much of its history, isolated from the rest of China by its karst topography.

The canyon crossing time, which previously took 70 minutes, will be reduced to just over two minutes.

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Construction began on 18 January 2022. On 21 April 2023, the first tower of the suspended part reached 199 metres (653 ft) in height and the construction of the upper transverse beam had begun.

On 21 August 2025, the Huajiang Canyon Bridge started its load test. The test was successfully completed on 25 August 2025.

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At the level below the car deck, there is a glass sightseeing walkway.

On top of one of the bridge towers, there is a specialty coffeehouse with panoramic views.

The bridge has facilities for extreme sports such as bungee jumping and paragliding integrated by design.

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The world's highest bridge, which rises 570 meters above a valley, opened in southwest China. It has a height equivalent to a 200-storey building, and the Beipanjiang Bridge links southwest China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It has the rare honor to b

Features: The world's highest bridge, which rises 570 meters above a valley, opened in southwest China.  It has a height equivalent to a 200-storey building, and the Beipanjiang Bridge links southwest China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It has the rare honor to be the highest in the world, by the vertical distance from the bridge deck down, to the ground or water surface beneath the bridge span.

It has a 720-metre-wide span (2,363 feet) and is a part of the Hangrui Highway.

The structure overlooks the Beipanjiang Valley. The entire 4-lane divided highway stretches to an incredible marvel covering a distance of 3,405-kilometres on the national motorway linking Hangzhou city in southern China with Ruili city on the China-Myanmar border.

There was the use of concrete filled steel troughs which were located within the back spans trusses, to keep the deck from getting pulled up, from the downward forces, of the central span truss. The tower tops are more than 735 meters above the Beipan River surface. The original paint scheme was blue for the truss deck sections but they decided to have orange later.