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Top glass bridges around the world

Led by the Chinese, there are now glass platforms, walkways and bridges appearing in spectacular locations all around the world. These are some of the best ones glass bridges around the world.

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  • Zhangjiajie, Hunan province – world’s highest and longest glass bridge

The 430m-long bridge cost $3.4m (£2.6m) to build and stands 300m above ground, state news agency Xinhua reported. The much-heralded “world’s highest and longest” glass-bottomed bridge has opened to visitors in central China.

It connects two mountain cliffs in what are known as the Avatar mountains (the film was shot here) in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.

The much-heralded “world’s highest and longest” glass-bottomed bridge has opened to visitors in central China. It connects two mountain cliffs in what are known as the Avatar mountains (the film was shot here) in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.

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  • Chamonix, France – Aiguille du Midi Skywalk – Step Into the Void

At an altitude of 3,842m, this 12mm-thick triple-layered glass box claims to be the highest attraction in Europe and is the closest you can get to Mont Blanc without crampons. It looks down on the Bossons Glacier – and the souvenir selfie makes it look like you’re floating in air.
Aiguille du Midi Skywalk – Step Into the Void

  • Jasper National Park, Canada

This U-shaped walkway juts out 100ft from the rocks, giving visitors a chance to look straight down over a near-1,000ft drop at its outermost point. If you look up, you also get stunning views of the Canadian Rockies. Tickets are $36.75 per adult and $18.50 per child.
Glacier Skywalk in Canada's Jasper National Park

  • Shiniuzhai National Geopark, Pingjiang county, Hunan, China – Glass Suspension Bridge

Some 180m above the valley floor, this 300m structure is named ‘Brave Men’s Bridge’ and not for nothing. Originally constructed out of wood, it now has 24mm thick glass panes and can carry 800 visitors at a time.

Shiniuzhai National Geopark

  • Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China – Cliffside glass walkway

Clinging to vertical cliffs at an altitude of 1.4km, this jaw-dropping walkway includes three incredible glass sections – including the 100m-long ‘Coiled Dragon Cliff’. It can be found just 85km from the Zhangjiajie glass bridge.
China's amazing cliff-hugging Tianmen Mountain

  • Salzburg, Austria – Glass overhang – Dachstein Skywalk bridge to nowhere

This aerial wonderland sits at 2,700m in the Alps and consists of a glass bottomed viewing platform, a suspension bridge and the ‘Stairway to Nothingness’ – an infeasible looking precipice of 14 steps offers a dramatic view over the Dachstein Glacier.
Dachstein Skywalk bridge to nowhere

  • Grand Canyon Skywalk – Peach Springs, United States

The Grand Canyon Skywalk hovers 290 metres above ground giving visitors the ultimate view of the Grand Canyon. It’s only a two hour drive from Las Vegas making for the ultimate day trip! General admission tickets to the Skywalk are $67.00.

 

  • Lantau Island, Hong Kong – Glass bottom cable car

This glass floor cable car gives an adrenalin rush as it climbs up over the harbour and the forested mountains on a 5.7km ride to the giant Tian Tan Buddha. But perhaps more scary is that one empty cabin fell off in a test back in 2007 – although the operators were changed after that incident.
Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car Ticket on Lantau Island 2020 - Hong Kong SAR

  • Between Dodgevill and Spring Green, Wisconsin – Glass pane on a precipice

The Infinity Room juts out 66m from the bizarre curiosity complex called House on the Rock. Envisioned by Alex Jordan in the 1940s, it has 3,264 windows and is counter balanced by 100m of concrete, with a glass section looking down 47m to the valley below.

House on the Rock Infinity Room

  • 3D Glass Bridge over the Yellow River in Zhongwei, Ningxia

The glass bridge has a total length of 210 meters (689 feet) and a width of 2.6 meters (8.5 feet). The vertical height of the bridge deck from the river surface is 10 meters (33 feet). Each glass has a load capacity of 3 tons.

3D Glass Bridge over the Yellow River in Zhongwei, Ningxia

  • Biokovo Skywalk – Croatia

Skywalk Biokovo is located in the southwestern part of the Biokovo Nature Park, in the area of ​​Ravna Vlaška, at an altitude of 1228 meters above sea level, on the 13th km of the Biokovo road and next to the info – center. As part of the lookout, a geological pillar was built – a three-dimensional view of the cross-section of the rocks that formed the area of ​​Biokovo from its inception until today with a geological table of time and a description of the age and type of rocks.

The lookout point can be reached by the Biokovo road, which leads from the entrance reception of the Biokovo Nature Park, approximately 6 km east of Makarska, to the highest Biokovo peak, Sv. It runs at an altitude of 1762 meters, which makes it the highest paved road in Croatia. glass bridges around the world 

  • AJ Hackett Sentosa Skybridge Ticket in Singapore glass bridges

Be filled with adrenaline when you rise up to the famous Sentosa Skybridge! A towering 47 meters high and 40 meters long, the bridge lets you peer at Sentosa from above. Dare to stand over the transparent floor sections without shaking. Lean over the Glass Cube, a portion of the bridge that juts out the side of the structure. After walking through the Skybridge, test your courage when you participate in the famous Skybridge Bungy Jump and Skybridge Swing. Have the thrill of a lifetime in complete safety when you visit the Sentosa Skybridge!

Purchase a Bungy and Skybridge ticket combo and receive a SGD5 F&B voucher for free : Buy your ticket here. 

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