Ayihe Scenic Area Footbridge

Ayihe Scenic Area Footbridge
阿依河景区吊橋
Pengshui, Chongqing, China
551 feet high / 168 meters high
230 foot span / 70 meter span
2016, 2020

Ayihe Scenic Area is located around a rocky river canyon with cliffs that rise hundreds of meters. To allow visitors to access the the banks of the river, an elevator 180 meters tall was built with a shaft that drops riders 148.8 meters.

At the upper edge of the gorge there are cliffwalks that are connected by two slat style footbridges that might be scary to all but the bravest visitors. The longer of the two crossings is 70 meters while the shorter span is approximately 33 meters with the longer span being 2 meters lower at 166 meters high. The shorter span of 33 meters has a height to span ratio of 5:1 which is among the greatest in the world. The short bridge was built in 2016.

There are jaw-dropping views of the 150 meter tall glass elevator and the rapids 160 meters below.

The entire region around Ayihe Scenic area is popular with tourists, especially rafting trips down tributaries of the Wu and Furong Rivers.