A 2-tonne truck was driven onto the world’s longest and highest glass bridge in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province in central China, on Monday in a safety test ahead of its slated opening in July.
The report said the 430-metre bridge tucked between two steep cliffs is 300 metres above the ground.
It said to further convince the public of the bridge’s sturdiness, 20 volunteers to used hammers to try to smash the glass, before an all-terrain vehicle carried 11 volunteers across the cracking glass.
It added that another team of 10 volunteers then tried again to smash the glass.
However, it said that in spite of some fractures on the surface, the glass did not break.
The bridge is made of three layers of the tempered glass, all together 99 pieces, each of 3 by 4.5 metres and 15 mm thick.
The report added that damaged pieces could be removed and changed.
The unique pillar-like mountain formation in Zhangjiajie appeared in the Hollywood blockbuster movie “Avatar.’’
The Grand Canyon Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie received over 1.2 million visitors from home and abroad in 2015. (Xinhua/NAN)