CHINA-HUNAN-AIZHAI-SUSPENSION BRIDGE-COMPLETION
JISHOU, March 31, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles move on the long-span Aizhai suspension bridge in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, March 31, 2012. Aizhai suspension bridge, with a main span of 1,176 meters and a maximum height of 330 meters, was open to traffic on Saturday. Spanning over the Dehang canyon, the bridge was built as part of the expressway from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality to Changsha city in Hunan. Its completion would greatly improve the transportation between the two cities, according to authorities.
London, April 4 (IANS) At 1,102 feet up and 3,858 feet across, the ambitious
suspension bridge in China’s Hunan province has become the highest and longest
in the world.
Note: The bridge connects Changsha, capital of Chairman Mao's home province and Chongqing, China's 4th largest municipality with the Yangtze River passes through it. Chongqing is 1640km southwest to Beijing.
Bird's -eye-view.
Local ethnic minority villagers.
Sky-walk cleaner.
Eve before inauguration.
Photographer's new love.
Paint work before completion of construction.
