(Times of Israel) China opened the world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge last weekend, designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. The bridge is 6 meters (20 feet) wide, 430 meters (1,410 feet) long, and hangs 300 meters (1,000 feet) high above a ravine in Zhangjiajie National Park in Hunan province. It is fitted with 99 huge three-layer glass panes through which visitors can glimpse the drop below. To prove the bridge is entirely safe, in June Chinese officials staged an event in which a glass pane was repeatedly bashed with sledgehammers, then driven over with a car full of passengers. The glass held.
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