10 Suspension Bridges in the mountains (Asia)

A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridges, which lack vertical suspenders, have a long history in many mountainous parts of the world. (Source from Wikipedia)

1. Golden Hand Bridge, Vietnam (2018)

The Golden Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Vàng) is a 150-metre-long (490 ft) pedestrian bridge in the Bà Nà Hills resort, near Da Nang, Vietnam. It is designed to connect the cable car station with the gardens (avoiding a steep incline) and to provide a scenic overlook and tourist attraction. The bridge loops nearly back around to itself, and has two giant hands, constructed of fibreglass and wire mesh, designed to appear like stone hands that support the structure.

150m in Length

1,400m above sea level

2. Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia (2005)

Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125-metre (410 ft) curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia, completed in 2005. The bridge deck is 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level at the peak of Gunung Mat Cincang on Pulau Langkawi, the main island of the Langkawi archipelago in Kedah. The Langkawi Sky Bridge can be reached by first taking the Langkawi Cable Car to the top station, where an inclined lift called SkyGlide takes visitors from the top station to the bridge.

125m in Length

660m above sea level

120m in Length

36m above ground level

4. Nine Arch Bridge, Sri Lanka (1921)

The Nine Arches Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers. The chief designer and project manager of the 'upcountry railway line of Ceylon' project was D. J. Wimalasurendra, a distinguished Ceylonese engineer and inventor. The designer of the viaduct was Harold Cuthbert Marwood of Railway Construction Department of Ceylon Government Railway. The 1923 report titled "Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon" published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon has details of all the records including the plans and drawings.

91m in Length

24m above ground level

5. Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge, China (2016)

Zhangjiajie Glass footpath is a skywalk bridge in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, above the Wulingyuan area. The bridge, built as an attraction for tourists, is glass-bottomed and is transparent. When it opened it was the longest and tallest glass bottomed bridge in the world. The bridge, opened to the public on August 20, 2016, measures 430 metres (1,410 ft) in total length and 6 metres (20 ft) in width, and is suspended about 300 metres (980 ft) above the ground. The bridge spans the canyon between two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in the northwest of Hunan province. It is designed to carry up to 800 visitors at a time. The bridge was designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan. To build the bridge, engineers erected four support pillars on the edges of the walls of the canyon. The bridge is made of a metal frame with more than 120 glass panels. Each of these panels is three-layered and is a 5.1-centimetre-thick (2 in) slab of tempered glass. There are three long swings attached to the underside of the bridge. There is also a provision for making a 285-metre (935 ft) bungee jump, considered to be highest bungee jump in the world. According to the Management Committee of the Bridge, the bridge has set ten world records spanning its design and construction. The record as longest glass bridge has since passed to a glass bridge in the Hongyagu Scenic Area, Hebei.

430m in Length

300m above ground level

1,196m in Length

280m above river level

200m in Length

100m above ground level

8. Ruyi Bridge Suspension Bridge, China (2020)

Ruyi Bridge (Chinese: 如意桥 Rúyì qiáo) is a footbridge in Taizhou, Zhejiang China, made up of three bridges. It is a pedestrian bridge which was built to cross the Shenxianju Valley and has a glass-bottomed walkway. The unusual curved walkways are designed to look like a Chinese Ruyi. The bridge gained notoriety when Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uploaded a video to Twitter. The bridge was opened in September of 2020 and was visited by 200,000 people by November of 2020. Ruyi Bridge was designed by structural steel expert, He Yunchang and made to resemble jade ruyi, which is a Chinese symbol for good fortune. It is a two level 100-metre long (330 ft) glass bridge which is 140 metres (460 ft) above the ground. The bridge was built to be a tourist attraction, spanning the Shenxianju Valley, and is one of China's 2000 glass bottom bridges. It is the major attraction spanning the west canyons of Shenxianju, in the Shenxianju Scenic Area.

100m in Length

140m above ground level

243m in Length

121m above ground level

10. Kusma-Gyadi Bridge, Nepal (2010)

The Kusma-Gyadi suspension bridge in western Nepal is one bridge you’ll want to avoid if you suffer from acrophobia (fear of heights) or occasional bouts of vertigo. If neither of these conditions applies, or perhaps you just want to push your fear responses to the brink, then feel free to jaunt (or ride a bike) across this narrow pedestrian path. It’s purportedly the tallest suspension bridge in Nepal, towering more than 400 feet about the Modi River. If you plan on spending any time in this mountainous nation, getting accustomed to heights as quickly as possible is a good thing. The Kusma-Gyadi suspension bridge will definitely give you some quick exposure and easy access to soaring heights.

344m in Length

117m above ground level