Sections linked up on world's highest bridge in Southwest China

The Beipanjiang Bridge connects Xuanwei, Yunnan province, and Shuicheng, Guizhou province, in Southwest China. With the joining of two bridge sections from opposite sides of a gorge in Southwest China on Saturday, the world got its highest bridge. The 1,341-meter-long structure, soaring 565 meters above a river, overtook the Sidu River Bridge in Hubei province as the world's highest, according to Guizhou transportation officials. "The bridge is built in a mountainous area above the Nizhu River Canyon," said Wang Chao, senior engineer at Ministry of Transport's highway planning institute. "We are about to build a bed-and-breakfast hotel to attract visitors when the bridge opens," said Liu Jiaen, head of Lalong village in Yunnan province, where one end of the bridge is located.