Acrophobiacs beware… China’s newest bridge isn’t for the faint of heart.

恐高症人群注意了……中国新造的这座桥可不适合胆小的人。

Stretching 380m across a section of Zhangjiajie’s Grand Canyon¹, the new pedestrian bridge will have a completely glass floor. Visitors who dare venture forth² can see the full 300m drop to the canyon’s bottom below. Construction is expected to be complete in July, and the bridge will open to visitors in October.

该桥横跨张家界大峡谷的一部分，长达380米，新的人行天桥桥面的完全是玻璃制造。冒险的游客们可以从上面看到300米以下的峡谷底部。建造预计7月彻底完工，桥将在10月向游客们开放。

This isn’t the region’s first towering glass floor – a glass skywalk hugs the cliff of Tianmen Mountain – but the Grand Canyon instalment is expected to be the longest and tallest glass-bottomed bridge in the world. Outside of setting records, the glass architecture is meant to minimise any disruption to the surrounding scenery.

和该地区建立的第一座玻璃底桥——拥抱天门山悬崖的人行天桥相比，它可能不是第一座玻璃桥，但有望成为世界上最长最高的玻璃底桥。除了打破纪录以外，这座玻璃建筑意味着减少了遮掩周围景色的部分。

“I believe in nature, harmony, balance and beauty. Nature is beautiful as is,” said Haim Dotan, the Tel Aviv-based architect who designed the bridge’s concept. “The Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge was designed to be invisible as possible – a white bridge disappearing into the clouds.”

“我相信自然、和谐、平衡和美感。大自然本身就是美的化身，”设计出这座桥的概念设计师，住在特拉维夫的渡堂海说道，“张家界玻璃桥被的设计就让其能尽可能的‘隐形’——就好像一座白色的桥消失在云里。”

With a suspension constructed only of two side steel beams, banisters with side-hanging stay cables and a glass deck, the bridge may look minimal³ – but it can withstand high winds, earthquakes, frost and the weight of 800 visitors at a time.

只有两个侧钢梁构成的悬浮结构，栏杆具有侧挂斜拉索和玻璃甲板，使得桥看起来可能并不‘明显’——但它经受得住高风，地震，霜冻，并且同时能承受800个人的重量。