張家界大峽谷最長玻璃橋合龍 預計明年開放

The final beam of the world's longest and highest glass bridge was laid on Thursday.

週四，世界上最長，最高的玻璃橋的最後一根樑被精準吊裝。

While not an activity for the faint of heart, those with a stomach for heights can now walk across the 400-meter deep Grand Canyon at Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in central China's Hunan Province, on glass.

該玻璃橋位於中國中部湖南省張家界國家森林公園的400米深的大峽谷之上，膽小之輩是不適合來玩的，而那些不恐高的人倒是可以一試。

The 430-meter long, 6-meter wide bridge is also the world's longest open space suspension bridge, and boasts the world's steepest ziptreck and highest Bungee platform.

橋總長430米，寬6米，它也是世界上最長的露天吊橋，並號稱具有全球最陡的高山滑索和最高的蹦極平臺。

The bridge will be open to the public by May 1, 2016， Chen Zhidong, from Zhangjiajie Scenic Area Management Co.,explained that the structure has undergone nearly 100 safety tests to ensure it can support the weight of 800 people.

這坐橋將從2016年5月1日起對公衆開放。張家界風景區管理公司的陳志東解釋說，這座橋已經進行過近100項安全測試，以保證它能承受800個人的重量。

More than 70 glass balls, each weighing 750 kg, have been installed to counter sympathetic vibration, explained Wan Tianbao, a chief engineer with the project. Wan said the glass had passed wind, slippage and temperature resistance tests.

此工程的總工程師萬天寶表示，在玻璃橋上面還放置了共70多個、每個重達750公斤的玻璃球來遏制人行振動。他還表示，這些玻璃已經通過了風力，滑移和溫度電阻多項測試。

Zhangjiajie also boasts another all-glass bridge that suspends 180 meters above anther canyon. After it was opened to the public in September this year, it was so popular that visitor numbers were limited to 10,000 a day over safety concerns.

張家界還有另一座全玻璃結構的橋樑，橫跨在另一座180米深的峽谷之上。在它自今年9月向公衆開放之後，非常受歡迎，但出於安全考慮每天最多隻能接待10000名遊客。