An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
GUIYANG, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The world's tallest bridge opened to traffic Sunday morning in southwest China's Guizhou Province, slashing travel time across a deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes after three years of construction.
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River in Guizhou's mountainous terrain, is nearly nine times as tall as San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
With a main span of 1,420 meters, the project has become the world's longest-span steel truss girder suspension bridge in mountainous terrain, according to Guizhou provincial authorities.
Spanning the Huajiang Grand Canyon, dubbed "the Earth's crack," the 2,890-meter-long structure is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding infrastructure network of the world's second-largest economy.
The former world's tallest bridge, which spans the Beipan River, is located just over 100 km from the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge. The previous record-holder, opened in 2016, has a vertical clearance of 565.4 meters from the bridge deck to the river surface below.
Over the years, Guizhou, one of China's least developed provinces, has constructed over 30,000 bridges in its mountainous terrain, including three of the world's tallest. The province is home to nearly half of the world's 100 tallest bridges. ■
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
People visit a viewing skywalk at the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 28, 2025.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge and nearby Yundu service area in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge at sunset in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on June 11, 2025 shows workers at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge at sunset in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Workers build a sightseeing corridor at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 11, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on June 14, 2023 shows the construction site of a tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Constructors work on a catwalk at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This photo shows workers working on the girder of the final section of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 14, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
People work at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 27, 2024.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This combo photo shows workers at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge on March 27, 2024.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 3, 2024 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Liu Xu)
Workers build a sightseeing corridor at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 11, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Constructors work at the construction site of the closure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 17, 2025.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
This photo taken on Aug. 3, 2023 show a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Builders celebrate the capping of a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 24, 2023.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
This aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2023 shows a main tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Bridge builders work at the construction site of Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 4, 2024.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Constructors work at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 6, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A worker paints the bridge body at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 11, 2025.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a ceremony marking the completion of the main structure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Liu Xu)
A man works at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 26, 2024.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on March 27, 2024 shows people working at the construction site of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 17, 2025 shows a ceremony marking the completion of the main structure of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Liu Xu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows the construction site of the main bridge tower of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 25, 2025 shows a load test on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows people driving to a service area to view the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
This photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows people viewing the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge at a service area in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Tao Liang)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 28, 2025 shows tourists taking photos of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge against the setting sun in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge against the setting sun in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge against the setting sun in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge blanketed by fog in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a night view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
An aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 27, 2025 shows a night view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows a night view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 28, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
A drone photo taken on Sept. 26, 2025 shows a view of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge blanketed by fog in southwest China's Guizhou Province.(Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 28, 2025 shows tourists viewing the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 28, 2025 shows tourists viewing the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
