Opening up the world's highest glass bridge next year

In the Zhangjiajie scenic spot to see the Grand Canyon, the world's highest glass longest bridge construction in full swing, both ends of the mountain rock reinforcement is stepping forward. Chen, chairman of the scenic winter revealed that in the original design, based on the glass bridge will extend 60 meters, the main bridge widening 2.8 meters, although increased investment, but the safety factor multiplier.
2012, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Skywalk build, located in the Grand Canyon Scenic Pass chestnut and king slope area, designed by Shanghai World Expo Pavilion Israel Haim Dotan world famous designers design. The project has a number of world first, the capture of the bridge antifreeze, non-slip, wear-resistant and flexible bridge wind, vibration and many other world-wide pedestrian bridge construction problem in the tourism sector and the construction sector caused by vibration.
As originally designed, the bridge width 3.2 meters, the bridge is about 370 meters, from the bottom of the arch relative height of about 400 meters, all with transparent glass bridge laying, bridge building the world's highest bungee central station. Yet two years later, a glass bridge has not show their true colors. Chen Dong, the "pending" because the glass at both ends of the bridge is a typical karst landscape in the early construction of the third rock drilling, construction workers found the cave 80 meters deep at the bottom of the glass bridge end of the main tower, which the glass bridge the security firm is a "mortal wound." In order to ensure stability and security glass bridge, Grand Canyon area has organized a demonstration and test repeated 20 times, and ultimately determine the glass bridge extends 60 meters, the bridge widened 2.8 m, ie the total length to 430 m glass bridge, wide 6 meters, safety factor multiplied.
Glass bridge is expected to open next year in May completed, both ends of the mountain rock reinforcement is currently stepping up.