{"id":4615,"date":"2016-06-29T08:40:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/29\/volunteers-swing-sledgehammers-at-glass-bridge-in-china-to-prove-its-safe\/"},"modified":"2016-06-29T08:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T00:40:51","slug":"volunteers-swing-sledgehammers-at-glass-bridge-in-china-to-prove-its-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/06\/29\/volunteers-swing-sledgehammers-at-glass-bridge-in-china-to-prove-its-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers swing sledgehammers at glass bridge in China to prove it&#039;s safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fstory%2fthumbnail%2f13000%2fvekm9esw-720\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/gcat_GkskKZjyi4SrecMHEh1X4k=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fstory%2Fthumbnail%2F13000%2FVeKM9Esw-720.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Volunteers+swing+sledgehammers+at+glass+bridge+in+China+to+prove+it%27s+safe&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F28%2Fchina-glass-bridge-sledgehammers-safe%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F06%2F28%2Fchina-glass-bridge-sledgehammers-safe%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The world&#8217;s longest and highest glass bridge was put through a &#8220;safety test&#8221; over the weekend.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Not only did the owners of the Zhangjiajie  Grand Canyon bridge in China drive a 2-tonne SUV over the glass bridge, but also invited volunteers to swing sledgehammers at the glass.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Though the bridge did not collapse, there were several cracks in the top layer, which is made up of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">three layers of 0.6-inch glass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>More details:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.mash.to\/28YKZa1\">http:\/\/on.mash.to\/28YKZa1<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/28\/china-glass-bridge-sledgehammers-safe\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/news\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/glass-bridge\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Glass Bridge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china-glass-bridge\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China Glass Bridge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/china\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">China<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/us-world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Us World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/QJt8eyGI5yw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s longest and highest glass bridge was put through a &#8220;safety test&#8221; 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