China Opens World Highest Bridge

This picture taken on December 29, 2016 shows vehicles making their way through the Beipanjiang Bridge, near Bijie in southwest China’s Guizhou province. The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two southwestern provinces and reducing travel time by three quarters, local authorities said on December 30. / AFP PHOTO

China has opened to traffic the world highest Bridge connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters

The Beipanjiang Bridge soars 565 metres (1,854 feet) above a river and connects the two mountainous provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou
The bridge which is 1,341-metre span cost over 1 billion yuan ($144 million) to build, according to local newspaper Guizhou Daily.