‘Don’t look down’: Vietnam glass-bottomed bridge targets thrill-seekers

MOC CHAU, Vietnam, Might 30 (Reuters) – A mountain resort in Vietnam has opened a bridge with a backside fabricated from glass over a gorge 150 metres (492.13 ft) beneath to draw thrill-seeking vacationers, the third such bridge within the Southeast Asian nation.

The Bach Lengthy suspension bridge, which interprets as “White Dragon”, is in Son La province, northwest of the capital, Hanoi, and bordering Laos.

“I dared not look down as I’m afraid of heights,” mentioned one customer, Vi Thi Thu, 22, who ventured onto the bridge after attending Saturday’s opening ceremony, which included dragon dancing and ribbon chopping.

The strengthened glass used for the bridge has three layers, every 40mm thick, and might maintain as much as 450 folks at a time, in response to an announcement from the ability’s proprietor.

The bridge is 290 metres lengthy between two peaks on both facet of a gorge, plus a 342-metre pathway on the cliffside.

Guinness World Information lists a 562-metre glass-bottomed bridge in Qingyuan, in China’s Guangdong province, because the world’s longest.

“The engineering required to construct that into the facet of a cliff however preserve all of the options of nature, the greenery, the rocks, it has been an incredible venture,” mentioned Glen Pollard, a consultant of Guinness World Report, who attended the opening ceremony.

The World Report Affiliation, additionally a record-certifying physique, has listedthe two-part Vietnamese bridge because the world’s longest at 632 metres.
One other customer on the opening ceremony mentioned he shortly overcame preliminary nerves when strolling on the bridge.

“At first it makes you panic, however then when you walked over round 10 glass panels, that feeling is gone,” mentioned Tran Xuan Tinh, 72.

Writing by Ed Davies
Enhancing by Gerry Doyle

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