China’s glass bridge closes two weeks after opening

There was a massive hype surrounding China's latest tourist attraction, but only 13 days after the world's highest and longest glass-bottom bridge opened to the public it's been closed.

Since Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in China’s Yunan Province opened it's record-breaking bridge, it's received an overwhelming amount of visitors.

Park officials told CNN that the bridge can only hold 8000 people per day, but since the bridge opened on August 20, the demand has been at least 10 times that.

The bridge’s management announced on Weibo that the bridge, which is limited to 800 people at a time, would close September 2 due to an “urgency to improve and update” the facilities.

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However, a spokesperson from the park's marketing and sales department assured the public that no accidents, cracks or problems have been reported.

They plan to improve the bridge's infrastructure, parking lots, ticket-booking system and customer service.

Tourists who had booked to visit the breath-taking, six-metre-wide bridge during the weekend were outraged that their plans had been canceled with little warning.

At this point, it is unclear for how long the park will remain closed.

The one-of-a-kind bridge stretches 430 metres long and overlooks a 300-metre-deep valley between two cliffs in the lush Zhangjiajie Park.

While it's unfortunate the bridge had to close only two weeks after opening, we're glad they decided they'd rather be safe than sorry.

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