TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: London's Tower Bridge, over the Thames River, is regularly raised to allow ships to pass beneath. Since 2014, glass-bottomed walkways on both sides of the bridge give visitors a glimpse of the roads below. (Photo: AFP)
Written by Annabeth Leow for The Straits Times
ZHANGJIAJIE GRAND CANYON GLASS BRIDGE: The world's longest glass-bottomed bridge opened in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in China's Hunan province on Saturday (Aug 20). But the 430m-long bridge is not the only jaw-dropping glass walkway around. For those not afraid of heights, here are other high-in-the-sky glass bridges around the world. (Photo: AFP)
TIANMEN MOUNTAIN SKYWALKS, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA: Tianmen Mountain has three glass-bottomed skywalks that hug the cliff on the north, east and west faces of the mountain. The first, named the "Walk of Faith", opened in 2011, while the latest, the 100m-long "Coiled Dragon Cliff" walk, opened earlier this August. (Photo: Reuters)
BRAVE MEN'S BRIDGE, HUNAN PROVINCE, CHINA: Still in Hunan, the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park contains a glass-bottomed bridge - a suspension bridge, to boot. The 180m-long bridge is appropriately known as the Brave Men's Bridge. On Aug 9, a couple made headlines around the world for dangling from the bridge on a platform to take their wedding photos mid-air. (Photo: Knowledge Versus Education / Facebook)
YUNTAI MOUNTAIN GLASS BRIDGE, HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA: The U-shaped walkway that wraps around Yuntai Mountain in Henan has a 68m-long glass-bottomed portion, which opened in September 2015. Barely a fortnight later, the glass pane cracked. The Yuntai Mountain Geological Park management said that the glass floor was three layers thick and the damage affected only the top layer. (Photo: People's Daily China / Twitter)
GRAND CANYON SKYWALK, HUALAPAI RESERVATION, UNITED STATES: The Grand Canyon Skywalk is U-shaped observation deck that juts 21m beyond the edge of the Grand Canyon walk. Open since 2007, the glass-bottomed skywalk offers a view of the gorge and the Colorado River more than 1km below. It is managed by the Hualapai nation, whose tribal lands are currently located in Arizona. (Photo: Grand Canyon Skywalk / Facebook)
GLACIER SKYWALK, ALBERTA, CANADA: From the Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park, visitors can stand on a glass platform 280m above the Sunwapta Valley to admire the snow-topped Canadian Rockies. Designed to attract more tourists to the great outdoors, the skywalk opened in 2014. (Photo: Brewster Travel Canada)
TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: London's Tower Bridge, over the Thames River, is regularly raised to allow ships to pass beneath. Since 2014, glass-bottomed walkways on both sides of the bridge give visitors a glimpse of the roads below. (Photo: AFP)
Written by Annabeth Leow for The Straits Times