(250608) -- GUIYANG, June 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge under construction in southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 5, 2025. As workers started to remove the gantry cranes and install elevators, the construction of the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, which is set to become the world's tallest bridge, is expected to complete in the second half of 2025.
A project of Guizhou Transportation Investment Group Co., Ltd., the suspension bridge has a vertical height of 625 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface.
The 2,890-meter bridge, with a span of 1,420 meters, is also the world's largest span bridge to be built in a mountainous area. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
