China’s record breaking glass bottom bridge closes for overwhelming volume of tourists

The world's longest and the highest glass bottom bridge connecting two mountains which was opened in China two weeks ago was closed on overwhelming volume of tourists.

The bridge is four hundred thirty meter long and six meter wide which stretches between two mountains having a valley of over three hundred meter deep in the Tianmenshan National Forest Park, is only able to handle 8,000 visitors per day Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon's marketing and sales department. The scenery visible from the bridge was inspired by the famous Hollywood movie 'Avatar.'

According to Cn traveler, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon's marketing and sales department said that the bridge can withstand 8,000 visitors per day. But, the bridge is attracting huge visitors for its 10 world records which china has made in this bridge. The overwhelming volume of tourists has made the closure of glass Bottom Bridge for update and improvement reasons. The current visitors to this scary bridge are ten times than the capacity which bridge designers have specified.

The official announcement was made on a Chinese news site, saying there was an "urgency to improve and update" the facility and that the bridge would be closed starting September 2. There was no indication as to when it would reopen.

When asked about the safety concerns about the bridge, the officials replied "there was no problem" with the bridge in Zhangjiajie.

"There were simply too many people. For example, we can't expand our parking area properly, and people started scalping tickets" said by the spokesman.

Visitors are disappointed with the decision of closing the glass bottom bridge well within two weeks.

Few statements from the people were reported on Edition CNN,

"I have booked everything and now you are saying you are closed... Are you kidding me?" wrote Weibo user XiaoMOMOYa in response to the official statement.

"The Scenic Area is deficient. There's trash everywhere and no bottled water for sale. It's right to reopen only after they've cleaned up the place," wrote another user, Fashiwanying.