The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge: an unprecedented engineering feat in China
In China, the world's highest bridge opens to traffic after three years of engineering work, setting a new record in Guizhou province.
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The tallest bridge in the world was opened to traffic in China on Sunday 28 September 2025, crowning - state media report - a three-year engineering feat and snatching the record from another bridge in the same province.
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge is 625 metres high and spans a river and a vast gorge in the southern province of Guizhou, which is also home to the 565-metre-high Beipanjiang Bridge, now the second highest in the world.
Live drone footage broadcast by state media showed vehicles driving through the huge structure, withits blue support towers partially shrouded in clouds.
Crowds of onlookers, including project engineers and local officials, gathered on the bridge for a ceremony to mark the occasion, and many expressed their pride and enthusiasm in live interviews with state media.
'The opening of the Huajiang Grand Canyon bridge reduces travel time between the two banks from two hours to two minutes,' said Zhang Yin, head of the provincial transport department, at a press conference.
