Afraid of heights? If you aren't yet, a new all-glass suspension bridge in China might change your mind. 984 feet long and 590 feet high, the "Haohan Qiao" or "Brave Man's Bridge" in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park is the country's first (and scariest) all-glass suspension bridge.

The bridge wasn't always all glass. It started out wooden (which is terrifying enough) before engineers tried replacing a small section with glass. The effect was so compelling, they decided to revamp the entire bridge.





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Despite looking terrifying, the bridge is actually quite safe with glass panels that are three quarters of an inch thick. One of the workers who helped build the bridge explained it this way to the state-owned China News Service:

The bridge we build will stand firm even if tourists are jumping on it. The steel frame used to support and encase the glass bridge is also very strong and densely built, so even if a glass is broken, travelers won't fall through.





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It looks impressive—and it is—but it's about to be dwarfed by another bridge in the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon area which will be 1,400 feet long and 980 feet high. I will not be setting foot on either.





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Source: China News Service via The Verge, CNN

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