World's tallest bridge in southwest China opens to traffic

(ECNS) -- Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province officially opened to traffic on Saturday. The world's tallest bridge has a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface.

The 2,890-meter bridge, with a span of 1,420 meters, is also the world's largest span bridge in a mountainous area.

The bridge, as part of an expressway project connecting Liuzhi and Anlong in the province, took three years to build.

A journey that once required a two-hour detour from Zhenfeng County to Guanling County can now be completed in just two minutes. (By Gong Weiwei)