Spanning the Beipan River valley, connecting the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan in southwestern China, the Beipanjiang Bridge opened to traffic on Dec. 30. The valley floor, at its lowest point, is 1,853 feet below the roadway, making the bridge the highest in the world.
The 4-lane, 4,400-foot-long bridge connects the capital cities of the two provinces: Kunming and Guiyang.