--- title: Terrifying Glass-Bottomed Bridge in China Cracks description: Though officials say it has no impact on safety canonical: https://time.com/4066055/chinese-glass-bridge-crack/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-08T11:50:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:55.234Z og:title: China's Terrifying 3,500-ft Glass-Bottomed Bridge Just Cracked og:description: Don't look down og:url: https://time.com/4066055/chinese-glass-bridge-crack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte39d934ae1d83139/69886770f887dc1103e92c50/china-bridge.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: CHINA-TOURISM-BRIDGE og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: China's Terrifying 3,500-ft Glass-Bottomed Bridge Just Cracked twitter:description: Don't look down twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte39d934ae1d83139/69886770f887dc1103e92c50/china-bridge.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # China's Terrifying 3,500-ft Glass-Bottomed Bridge Just Cracked > Sponsored content. 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A Chinese tourist holds onto his son as they walk across a glass-bottomed suspension bridge in the Shinuizhai mountains in Pingjang county, Hunan province some 150 kilometers from Changsha on Oct. 7, 2015. Johannes Eisele—AFP/Getty IMages by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Oct 8, 2015 11:50 AM UTC A Chinese tourism administration is trying to calm tourist fears after cracks began to appear in a glass bridge suspended 3,500 feet above sea level. The bridge is in Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in the Hunan province and is more than 1,200 feet long. “This has no impact on safety,” the administration said in a statement to the New York _Times._ But tourists who were there have revealed they were terrified. Lee Dong Hai posted on [Weibo](http://china.huanqiu.com/hot/2015-10/7695584.html) about a moment of terror when the cracks appeared, writing that people were screaming and running. ### See the Real Side of China's Great Wall  A road builder raises a red flag on a hillside in Jinchuan Valley, Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  The Great Wall is split by national highway in Yanchi, Ningxia Province, northwestern China. Fan Shi San  Jinta, Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  Gaotai, Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  A Great Wall replica with political slogans in Suoyang, Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  An abandoned theater in Polubao, Shanxi Province, China. Fan Shi San  Jiuquan, Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  Changyukou, Hebei Province, China. Fan Shi San  A factory complex between Ningxia and Gansu Province, China. Fan Shi San  A gravesite near Sanguankou Great Wall in Ningxia Province, China. Fan Shi San  Guazhou, Gansu Province, China. 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