The Bach Long Bridge is open to thrill-seeking visitors and offers a glass-bottomed walkway suspended nearly 500 feet above the ground, according to CNN.
Vietnam just launched the Bach Long Glass Bridge, a new attraction for tourists who are not afraid of heights, when it opened a glass-bottom bridge suspended 150 meters (490 feet) above a lush jungle in the northwestern province of Son La, local media reported. .
According to Vietnam Tourism Agency, the bridge has two towers 30 meters high and uses Korean suspension cables. The bridge deck system is made of super tempered glass Saint Gobain from France, including 3 layers of thick glass. The height from the bridge deck to the ground is 150 meters.
The Bach Long Glass Bridge is built over two mountains with a length of 290 meters and the steep part on the cliff is 342 meters long. The width of the main bridge deck is 2.4 m and the width of the glass road on the cliff is 1.5 m.
The bridge connects to Chim Than Cave (Vietnamese: God Bird Cave), which locals say has held natural stalactites associated with the legend of the god bird for hundreds of years. He also informed that to ensure safety, this bridge will be one-way, with a maximum limit of about 500 people on the bridge at a time. Standing on the bridge allows travelers to admire the beauty of nature.
The company that built the bridge claims it is the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world, surpassing a 526-meter-long structure in Guangdong, China. However, Guinness World Records officials are expected to visit the newly opened bridge to make good on the claim.
Vietnamese tourism chiefs are trying to lure visitors back after two years of lockdown due to Covid-19 that kept out virtually all foreign tourists. In mid-March, the country ended quarantine for international visitors and resumed 15 days of visa-free travel for citizens of 13 countries.
@ Valerie Mai | VietnamTimes