Now THAT'S a high-way! Spectacular aerial images show China's impressive mountain overpass built over a 1,630ft valley

While Chinese engineers seem to have an obsession with glass-bottomed walkways, they are also experts in building high bridges - very high ones.

Chinese media People's Daily Online have recently released a set of aerial pictures of the spectacular Sidu River Bridge, located in central China's Hubei Province, which is reportedly the highest completed suspension bridge in the world.

The vertigo-inducing overpass, completed in 2009, is built between two mountains over a 1,627-foot-deep valley - though some media claim it's 1,830 feet high.

(An unbelievable sight! The suspension bridge is situated in the remote Yesanguan Town of Badong County in China)

(A stunning but terrifying location: The overpass is built between two mountains over a 1,627-foot-deep valley)

(Apart from its jaw-dropping height, the towering four-lane highway bridge also boasts an impressive span, which is nearly 3,000 feet long)

The suspension bridge is situated in the remote Yesanguan Town of Badong County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, over Sidu River.

An aerial footage, uploaded to Youtube in January, shows the sheer size of the bridge and its incredibly scenic background.

The remarkable structure, which itself is some 300 feet tall, can be seen surrounded by rocky mountains; while the alarming vertical drop underneath would make any drivers feel daunted. The location of the traffic link is in fact so remote that the closest road is reportedly two miles away.

Apart from its jaw-dropping height, the towering four-lane highway bridge also boasts an impressive span, which is nearly 3,000 feet long.

Sidu River Bridge is a part of the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway. Construction of the formidable project began in 2004 and took as long as five years to finish.

According to different sources, when the Sidu River bridge opened to the public in 2009, it overtook the 1,300-foot-high Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge in Papua New Guinea to be the highest bridge in the world.

The building of the bridge gathered much attention at the time as the Chinese workers delivered cables across the valley by launching rockets from one mountain to the other.

According to highestbridges.com, eight of the top ten highest bridges in the world are built in China.

(One of the tallest! According to sources, when the bridge opened in 2009, it was thought to be the highest bridge in the world)

(The building of the bridge gathered much attention at the time as the Chinese workers delivered cables across the valley)

(The suspension bridge is situated in the remote Yesanguan Town of Badong County in central China. The nearest road is two miles away)

THE WORLD'S TOP 10 HIGHEST BRIDGES (IN FEET)

1. Beipanjiang Bridge Duge, China 1,854 feet (2016)

2. Jinshajiang Bridge, China, 1,680 feet (2021)

3. Sidu River Bridge, China, 1,627 feet (2009)

4. Puli Bridge, China, 1,591 feet (2015)

5. Yachi Bridge, China, 1,444 feet (2016)

6. Qingshuihe Bridge, China, 1,332 feet (2016)

7. Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge, Papua New Guinea, 1,542 feet (2005)

8. Baluarte Bridge, Mexico, 1,280 feet (2013)

9. Balinghe Bridge, China, 1,214 feet (2009)

10. Beipanjiang Bridge Guanxing, China, 1,200 feet (2003) Source: Highest bridges

Ref: Now THAT'S a high-way! Spectacular aerial images show China's impressive mountain overpass built over a 1,630ft valley (dailymail)