Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- The world's highest bridge, the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, opened to traffic Sunday morning in southwest China's Guizhou Province, reducing travel across the deep canyon from two hours to just two minutes. The bridge, soaring 625 meters above the Beipan River, is nearly nine times the height of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

Spanning 2,890 meters across the Huajiang Grand Canyon - often called "the Earth's crack" - the bridge is now a key part of China's rapidly expanding infrastructure network. Construction began in 2022 and, over three years, the project has drawn global attention, showcasing China's engineering capabilities in mountainous canyon regions. Guizhou, known as "the world's bridge museum," has lon...