A glass bridge located in Vietnam this weekend became the longest of its kind in the worldas certified by the World Guinness Record.
This is the bridge named Bach Long, which in Vietnamese means ‘white dragon’, located in the province of Son La, in the northeast of the Asian country.
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Although the bridge was inaugurated at the end of April, this Saturday the organization in charge of world records certified the structure as the longest glass bridge in the world.
The Bach Long, which is located 150 meters above a forest, is a total of 632 meters long.
With these measures, the one in Vietnam surpassed the bridge located in Guangdong, China, which held the title of the longest glass bridge in the world with a length of 526 meters. This bridge had been inaugurated in the year 2020.
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If you visit Qingyuan Township in China’s Guangdong Province, you can’t miss the thrilling experience of walking on this 500-meter glass bridge and enjoying the valley scenery as seen by birds. pic.twitter.com/Qf0fIAdjGM
— Wang Jialei 王家雷 (@WangJialei4) December 26, 2021
This is the new bridge in Vietnam
VIDEO: Vietnam launches a new attraction for tourists with a head for heights, with the opening of a glass-bottomed bridge suspended 150 meters (490 feet) above a lush jungle.
The Bach Long (“white dragon”) pedestrian bridge snakes around dizzying cliff faces in Son La province pic.twitter.com/dQkfLpMIe7
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 2, 2022
According to the Talk Vietnam blog, the bridge runs through the Moc Chau Island Mountain Park and Resort, located in Son La province. The structure, which crosses two mountains, has three layers of 40-millimeter-thick glass.
In addition to the bridge, the project has a glass path that surrounds the mountain.
Vietnam today has a new and powerful tourist attraction, in the northern province of Son; that of the longest glass bridge in the world: Bach Long (White Dragon).
With a length of 632 meters and approximately 150 meters high. wow! pic.twitter.com/rDwOQatYLd– Maidelín Gutiérrez García (@MaidelinGGarcia) May 30, 2022
CNN Travel mentions that the glass bridge inaugurated in April was the product of a collaboration between the local government, more specifically with the tourism authorities, and a French construction company.
The bridge was built in order to boost tourism again in the region, heavily affected by covid-19.
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Builders’ estimates indicate that the glass bridge can support up to 450 people at the same time. In fact, the architects passed cars and trucks to test the weight and strength of the glass.
“Looking down is a bit overwhelming at first, but you have to go forward with confidence, and then it’s great,” visiting Nguyen Thi Trang told AFP.
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The Guinness World Records awarded the certificate “The longest pedestrian bridge in the world” to Bach Long Bridge, with a total length of 632m, in Muong Sang commune, Moc Chau district, Son La province, North west Vietnam ( 220km from Hanoi). pic.twitter.com/W6HWdAj97S— DzungNguyen (@DzungNgVn) May 29, 2022
🤩 🇻🇳 They open in #Vietnam the longest glass bridge in the world
Do you dare to cross it?
The “Bach Long” or according to its translation, “White Dragon”, was inaugurated in the Son La region; it is a walkway through the cliffs that lead to a bridge that joins two mountains pic.twitter.com/7nvUWxuB5u— GM News (@gm_noticias) May 31, 2022
This is not the first glass bridge to be built in Vietnam. In 2018, the country had already inaugurated another similar structure in Ba Na Hills, central Vietnam, according to CNN Travel.
According to local media in Vietnam, the structure received the certificate as the longest bridge in the world on Saturday, May 28. The distinction was awarded to the representative of the province of Son La.
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