The glass floor, which was unveiled on 10 november, gives visitors an unusual perspective of traffic crossing the river and bridge lifts. I looked down and i saw that there was a crack in the floor, lee dong hai wrote on the social media site weibo, according to. Jun 11, 2019 there was another skyhigh scare at the willis tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors feet. Best travel pictures of bridge s new glass walkway was unveiled on nov. Willis towers glass floor cracks under tourists feet. The tallest freestanding structure in the western hemisphere has a.
Chinese tourists scream after glassbottom walkway cracks. Someone thought it was funny to make a glass bridge look like it was cracking under peoples weight. Looks like the next tower of babel has found its way to china. The panels are on the towers first level, which is 187 feet from the ground. A video of a tourist guide terrified by the sight of a bridge s glass bottom cracking has gone viral recently in east taihang mountains, in handan city, north chinas hebei province. Tower bridge glass walkway pane smashed by beer bottle. One of chinas new glass bottom bridges cracks 3,500 feet above earth. The glassbottomed walkway in china that cracks under your feet.
The new glass floor at the tower bridge spans 11 meters long between the north and south towers. Tourists terror as 3,500fthigh glass walkway shatters in china. Coating on willis tower skydecks ledge cracks under tourists. Isaiah wilsons mother is all of us, as black twitter crowns her the real mvp of the 2020 nfl draft. Chicagos willis tower tourists horrified as glass deck. Tower bridge unveils glass walkway above river thames in. The glass floor walkway for a unique experience of the bridge. The glassbottomed walkway in china that cracks under your. A video of a tourist guide terrified by the sight of a bridges glass bottom cracking has gone viral recently in east taihang mountains, in handan. Oct 09, 2017 video of a tour guide stumbling and falling on a cracking glass bridge has gone viral in china.
The glass floor, which was only unveiled on nov 10, cracked and then shattered, leaving tower bridge bosses with no choice but to cover and. Londons iconic tower bridge has added a new attractiona vertigoinducing seethrough walkway 8 feet above the river thames. As a result, it is sometimes confused with london bridge, about half a mile 0. May 29, 2014 at first i see the glass from the ledge to the building crack and at that point i just hopped off. Willis tower skydeck glass cracks in chicago on 103rd floor. Famed china glass bridge cracks and breaks, sending. There are four small viewing sections on the floor. Chinas new glassbottom bridge cracks 3,500 feet above earth. The tower bridge exhibition enables the visitor to discover the history of the bridge and how it had been built through the interactive displays as well as videos regarding the landmark it has placed in the history of the river thames. Jun 12, 2019 just hours after a protective glass layer of the 103rd floor willis tower skydeck in chicago cracked, the tourist attraction is open for business again, media outlets reported. Jun 11, 2019 coating on skydeck ledge appears cracked in new video a spokeswoman for willis tower said the cracks happened in a protective layer on the ledge but no danger was ever present for guests.
Glass bridge in china frightening tourists with fake cracking. No, the grand canyon skywalk isnt going to fall outside. Theres also a neat offer which gives you entry to the monument, a fifteenminute walk away. I looked down and i saw that there was a crack in the floor. The glass floor panels along the bridge s highlevel walkways give visitors a new view over the historic bridge crossing the river thames. Oct 08, 2015 a glass walkway above londons tower bridge suffered a similar accident in november after a falling bottle shattered the top layer of one of its panes, which was designed to be easily. Tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops beer bottle. The glass was smashed last night after a bottle was dropped followed by a woman wearing stilettos standing on the crack. Tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops a. Tower bridge unveils glass walkway above river thames. Glass walkway suspended 3,540 feet above ground cracks. The crack posed no danger to tourists, but was scary to some. Jun 12, 2019 a video shot on the 103rd floor shows horrified visitors looking at the crack from the safety of the building.
Oct 07, 2015 officials noted that similar incidents have happened in other glass bottom structures, like londons tower bridge in england and chicagos willis tower in illinois. Visitors to chicagos willis tower, the citys tallest building, captured video that appears to show cracks in the glass floor of its skydeck ledge 103 floors above ground. Jun, 2019 visitors to chicagos willis tower, the citys tallest building, captured video that appears to show cracks in the glass floor of its skydeck ledge 103 floors above ground a willis tower. I looked down and i saw that there was a crack in the floor, lee dong hai.
The protective coating cracked at willis tower in chicago on monday. Tourists visiting the willis tower skydeck in chicago were left horrified when the protective layer of the attractions glass ledge cracked. Someone thought it was funny to make a glass bridge look. Tourist terrified by new glass walkway that cracks.
Footage taken by frightened tourists shows the shattered transparent floor. Visitors to the willis towers skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces under their feet. The bridge is made of three planes of tempered glass, and only the top pane was cracked, according to the association. The bridge crosses the river thames close to the tower of london and has become an iconic symbol of london.
Aug 01, 2017 when this hotel skywalk collapsed, it was one of the deadliest structural failures in us history. Tower bridge s glass walkway isnt falling down, just hideously cracked. Londons tower bridge just unveiled a terrifying new glass. A similar incident occurred at chicagos willis tower in may when one of its observation boxes suffered cracks to its floor. Oct 10, 2017 a video of a tourist guide terrified by the sight of a bridges glass bottom cracking has gone viral recently in east taihang mountains, in handan city, north chinas hebei province. Glass bottle and stiletto shatters glass of tower bridge. Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under visitors. Jun 12, 2019 a similar incident happened at willis towers skydeck in 2014.
Chicagos willis tower skydeck ledge cracks under tourists. The floor was immediately inspected, chris earlie, head of tower bridge said. Cracks appear on floor of glass viewing platform in chicagos. A glass floored ledge on the 103rd floor of a chicago skyscraper cracked as a family stepped on it on monday. Meanwhile, in chinas hunan province, 186 miles away from poor, cracked shinuizhai, another glass bridge is nearing completion. The glass floor, which was unveiled on 10 november, gives visitors an unusual perspective of traffic crossing the river and bridge. Glass bridge in china frightening tourists with fake. This permanent feature offers visitors an incredible birdseye view of london life, from 42 metres above the river thames. And they start cracking, which is what happened to willis tower visitors wednesday.
When opened it will become the longest and highest glass bridge in the world. Nov 22, 2014 the glass was smashed last night after a bottle was dropped followed by a woman wearing stilettos standing on the crack. The willis tower s 103rd floor glass skydeck cracked last night. At 4000 feet 1219 m, the highest glass floor above ground is the novel outdoor application of the grand canyon skywalk, operated by the hualapai indian tribe. Coating crack temporally closes skydeck at chicagos willis tower. Tower bridge glass walkway smashed by visitor who dropped a. Oct 12, 2017 glass bridge in china frightening tourists with fake cracking visual and sound effects a tour guide was seen panicking in a video as glass panels on the bridge, which is more than 3,800ft above. Nov 24, 2014 a huge pane of glass in the spectacular tower bridge glass walkway has shattered after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer on it. Jun 14, 2019 visitors to the seethrough glass observation deck in chicagos willis tower were in for a rude shock when the protective layer covering the glass beneath their feet began to crack. No, the grand canyon skywalk isnt going to fall three panes of glass separate you from a 1,000foot fall. Famed china glass bridge cracks and breaks, sending tourists. Then a crack as the fourthfloor walkway plunged and landed on.
A glass pane at tower bridges new transparent walkway 140ft above. New rules could be introduced at tower bridge after a bottle was dropped causing the top layer in the glass walkway to shatter. The walkway offers spectacular views from the glass floor. Tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops a beer bottle. Case study glass walkway installation background information ekspan were selected as principal contractor by the city of london corporation to fabricate and install two new glass.
Nov 24, 2014 tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops a beer bottle on it the. Mahanakhon skywalks thrilling glass floor in bangkok is for. The glass floor, which was only unveiled on nov 10, cracked and then shattered, leaving tower bridge bosses with no choice but to cover and close the section of the walkway affected. Someone thought it was funny to make a glass bridge look like. The seethrough walkway, which stretches 140 feet above the river thames, opened to the public on nov. The glass floor is part of the larger tower bridge exhibition, which will also let you nosey around the mighty engine room and see some exhibits retelling the history of the famous landmark. The cn tower s glass floor is a unique experience that has inspired an international bucket list of seethrough floor experiences including the. When this hotel skywalk collapsed, it was one of the.
The tower is a worldrenowned building, a chicago icon, and filled with interesting chicago facts. The ledge transforms how visitors experience chicago. The cn tower s glass floor is a unique experience that has inspired an international bucket list of seethrough floor experiences including the grand canyon skywalk, chicagos ledge, and many more. Being suspended thousands of feet in the air by a glass bridge thats cracking under your feet is enough to never leave the ground again. The walkway opened to the public for the first time two weeks ago. Glassfloored ledge on 103rd floor of chicago skyscraper.
Tower bridge glass walkway pane smashed by beer bottle uk. Londons tower bridge has a glass floor and its pretty. Tourist terrified by new glass walkway that cracks under weight. Tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops beer.
Glass walkway at londons tower bridge shattered by. But the taihang administration claims its just a stunt. On our last visit to london, we tossed up between the tower of london, or the london tower bridge experience what got my boys over the line was the tower bridge glass walkway. The willis towers 103rd floor glass skydeck cracked last night. Just two weeks after the new attraction opened, one of the six halftonne glass panes that make up the floor, was damaged by visitors.
Cracks appear on floor of glass viewing platform in. The willis tower, however, assured visitors that none of the guests were in any danger, saying only the protective layer cracked and the glass floor below it remained intact. The glass floor, which is 8 feet above the river, is meant to look like a big gaping hole in the floor. At 1,353 feet up, the ledges glass boxes extend out 4. A glass pane at tower bridges new transparent walkway 140ft above the river thames, has smashed after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer. Terror at 3,500 feet as glass walkway in china cracks. A huge pane of glass in the spectacular tower bridge glass walkway has. Unveiled today the glass floor panels along the bridges highlevel. Also on this level, be sure to check out the outdoor skyterrace. Tower, in chicago, where glass in a viewing box high above the city cracked last year. In the same week, a walkway outside the 88th floor of the jinmao tower opened in shanghai. Londons tower bridge just unveiled a terrifying new glass walkway above the.
Tower bridge is one of five london bridges owned and maintained by the bridge house. Other dizzying bridges in the country include a 69 metre 226 feet glass walkway in the mountains of shaanxi province, which was unveiled this july. Jun, 2019 a glass floored ledge on the 103rd floor of a chicago skyscraper cracked as a family stepped on it on monday. Tower bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in london, built between 1886 and 1894. Tower bridge official gutted after beer bottle shatters new glass. We are thrilled to unveil today the new glass floor panels across the bridge s highlevel east walkway. Jun 12, 2019 the protective coating cracked at willis tower in chicago on monday.
One of chinas new glassbottom bridges cracks 3,500 feet. Coating on skydeck ledge appears cracked in new video nbc. The skydeck is offering spectacular views spanning up to four states, a onestop chicago experience full of interactive exhibits andthe ledge, a glass balcony extending four feet outside the 103rd floor of willis tower. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck ledge cracks. Nov 24, 2014 a glass pane at tower bridge s new transparent walkway 140ft above the river thames, has smashed after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer. Visitors to the willis tower s skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces under their feet. The complete guide to tower bridge with kids including the tower bridge glass floor experience. Oct 11, 2017 the glass bottomed walkway in china that cracks under your feet. Cracks appear on floor of skyscraper viewing platform visitors to chicagos tallest building captured video appearing to show cracks in the floor of the ledge attraction at the willis tower. No, the grand canyon skywalk isnt going to fall outside online. A glass walkway at londons tower bridge shattered friday when a worker dropped a bottle of beer, but while it looked scary, the structure was still safe.
To create the effect, bits of actual broken glass were placed under the sturdy glass floor, as well as video screens that display fake. The willis tower in chicago had a crack in its glass floor, scaring tourists. One of chinas new glassbottom bridges cracks 3,500 feet above earth. The willis towers 103rd floor glass skydeck cracked last. The first floor of pariss 1,063foothigh eiffel tower has been newly refurbished and now features seethrough glass floor panels. Glass ledge on 103rd floor of skyscraper cracks as scared.
I looked down and i saw that there was a crack in the floor, he wrote. The pane, one of six which make up the seethrough floor of 140fthigh viewing platform, was then reportedly damaged further when a woman walked on it in stilettos. This follows the highly acclaimed reveal of the new glass floor panels on the west walkway, last month 10 november. May 29, 2014 coating on willis tower skydecks ledge cracks under tourists the boxes of the ledge opened in 2009 and were said to be able to hold five tons. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck ledge cracks under. A glass walkway which gives visitors a birds eye view of traffic has been unveiled at londons tower bridge. A video was shot on the 103rd floor monday night, after the ledges protective top layer. Glass bridge in china frightening tourists with fake cracking visual and sound effects a tour guide was seen panicking in a video as glass panels on the bridge. Footage taken by frightened tourists shows the shattered transparent floor of a viewing. Tourist terrified by new glass walkway that cracks under. A huge pane of glass in the spectacular tower bridge glass walkway has shattered after a visitor dropped a bottle of beer on it. Willis tower ledge facts and information skydeck chicago. Jun 12, 2019 visitors to the willis tower s skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces under their feet. Terror at 3,500 feet as glass walkway in china cracks usa today.
Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under. Pedestrians flow across tower bridge, seen through the new glass floor in the bridge s walkways. Tower bridges glass walkway isnt falling down, just. Located at the top of bangkoks king power mahanakhon, the tallest building in thailand, this skywalks thrilling glass floor is strictly for the brave. Pintado also spoke to cbs chicago saying, there was a woman with two kids and they just looked pale and scared because the floor. Glass bottom boats are popular for allowing a better view into the water. Entertainment gabe zaldivar november 24, 2014 you may also like. Tourists terror as 3,500fthigh glass walkway shatters in. Tower bridge glass walkway shatters after visitor drops. One of chinas new glassbottom bridges cracks 3,500.
The document confirmed the cracks were caused by the impact of a sharp object, but it stressed that the floor of the platform is made with three layers of toughened glass. The pane, one of six which make up the seethrough floor of 140ft. The 0footlong glassbottom walkway is built along yuntai. Experience the spectacular glass floor across the highlevel walkways when you visit tower bridge. Skydeck chicago at willis tower willis tower glass ledge.
Oct 06, 2015 i looked down and i saw that there was a crack in the floor. There was another skyhigh scare at the willis tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors feet. That caused an initial crack to appear which was reportedly made worse when a. Part of the tower bridge glass walkway was smashed pa. May 30, 2014 no, the grand canyon skywalk isnt going to fall three panes of glass separate you from a 1,000foot fall. Just two weeks after the new attraction opened, one of. Londons red buses and black cabs can be seen from 42 meters above the river thames. The new glass floor has four layers of glass with the sacrificial layer on top of that.
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