Don’t look down: hundreds of Chinese tourists with a head for heights test world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge
Thrill-seekers enjoy spectacular views as its near-500m span is packed to capacity
Hundreds of tourists crammed onto the world’s longest glass-bottomed suspension bridge in northern China on Tuesday.
The 448-metre-long (0.3 mile) bridge between two mountain peaks at Hongyagu Scenic Area in Hebei province allows 600 people to walk on it at the same time, according to news portal QQ.com.
And the bridge was used to its full capacity as hundreds put their faith in the engineers by flocking on to it to enjoy the spectacular views of mountains and waterfalls.
It was clearly not for the faint-hearted as visitors described how the bridge would swing from side to side slightly as they walked to the middle of the bridge.
The swaying is no accident – it was designed to do that to give visitors an extra thrill.