An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
ZHENFENG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — The world’s tallest bridge opened to traffic Sunday morning in southwest China’s Guizhou, slashing travel time across a deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes after three years of construction.
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River in Guizhou’s mountainous terrain, is nearly nine times as tall as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.
With a main span of 1,420 meters, the project has become the world’s longest-span steel truss girder suspension bridge in mountainous terrain, according to Guizhou provincial authorities.
Spanning the Huajiang Grand Canyon, dubbed “the Earth’s crack,” the 2,890-meter-long structure is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding infrastructure network of the world’s second-largest economy.
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)An aerial drone photo taken on June 14, 2023 shows the construction site of a tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 show a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)This aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2023 shows a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)Builders celebrate the capping of a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Oct. 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)A man works at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)People work at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, March 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)This photo taken with a mobile phone on March 27, 2024 shows people working at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 3, 2024 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)This photo shows workers working on the girder of the final section of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Constructors work at the construction site of the closure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2025. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)Constructors work at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, June 6, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Workers build a sightseeing corridor at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, June 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Workers build a sightseeing corridor at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, June 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)An aerial drone photo taken on June 11, 2025 shows workers at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge at sunset in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)This combo photo shows workers at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge on March 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)■
