我国一共有六条挂壁公路 - jb news.ppt

百龙天梯 Bailong Elevator China – World’s Tallest Outdoor Elevator? 百龙天梯是连通张家界世界自然遗产的核心袁家界景区的重要交通设施，高326米，运行时间1分58秒。创造了“世界上最高、载重量最大、运行速度最快的全暴露户外观光电梯”三项吉尼斯世界记录。 If you suffer from a fear of heights, perhaps this ones not for you. The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, carries tourists 1,070ft (330m) up the side of a massive sandstone column in a mountain range in Chinas Hunan Province. Riding the glass lift, which carries up to 50 people at a time or 1,380 an hour, offers jaw-dropping, not to say vertiginous, views down to the bottom of the rocky mountain range in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie, Hunan Province.Work began on the lift, which cost 120m yuan, or around ￡12m, in 1999 and finished in 2002. The project met with fierce criticism from environmentalists who were angry that it was sited in the middle of a World Heritage Site. Lift shafts and tunnels had to be dug into the quartz sandstone column chosen from thousands in the area, and earthquake detectors installed so that the lifts (there are three of them) could be evacuated quickly in case of disaster. Those in favour of the project said that the elevators, which are said to boast the biggest passenger capacity in the world, saved the mountain trails from excess traffic. But protestors said the area, which attracts 5m visitors each year, was already saturated with tourists and did not need another attraction to boost that number further. After it was built, the lift was said to be the worlds tallest full-exposure outdoor lift, tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator, and the fastest passenger elevator with the biggest capacity, according to I.  Pictures and captions: Internet PPS by: Oei Hui Kiat, Singapore Date completed: Thu. 28 Aug. 2014 Music: 我的祖国 Only in China 青藏公路 Qingzang Highway Qing Zang Highway (青藏公路) - The 1,160 Km long Qing Zang Highway is paralleled with the renowned Qinghai-Tibet Railway (青藏铁路). It runs from Golmud (格尔木) of Qinghai (青海), crosses the Kunlun M