(CNN) – A glass-bottomed catwalk in Vietnam, which opened to much public fanfare in April, has been declared the world’s longest bridge of its kind by Guinness World Records.
The previous record for the longest glass-bottomed bridge in the world was a 1,726-foot-long structure in Guangdong, China.
Located in the rural highlands of Son La Province in northwestern Vietnam, Bach Long Bridge connects visitors to a popular mountain resort and offers stunning panoramic views of the lush rainforest.
Suspended at about 492 feet above the ground and measuring 2,073 feet long, the glass bridge was a joint collaboration between local tourism authorities and a French construction company to revive tourism, hard hit by the global pandemic when the country closed its borders to international visitors.
It is said to be strong enough to support up to 450 people at a time. An SUV was recently passed on to test its strength.
Visitors are photographed on the walkway section of the Bach Long Glass Bridge in Moc Chau District in Son La Province, Vietnam on April 29, 2022. (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images )
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Guinness World Records officials certified the bridge over the weekend, local media reported. It is the third glass bridge to be built in Vietnam. In 2018, another spectacular mountain walkway, supported by a pair of huge stone hands, made world news after its opening in the Ba Na hills area in central Vietnam.