Part of a recently opened bridge have collapsed in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan along a highway linking the country’s heartland with Tibet, local authorities say, but there are no reports of casualties.
Police in the city of Maerkang had closed the 758-metre-long Hongqi bridge to all traffic on Monday afternoon after cracks appeared on nearby slopes and roads, and shifts were seen in the terrain of a mountain, the local government said.
On Tuesday afternoon conditions on the mountainside worsened, triggering landslides, leading to the collapse of the approach bridge and roadbed, it added.
URGENT: Hongqi Bridge in #Sichuan Province in SW #China has collapsed on Tuesday afternoon, according to Chinese social media videos, after cracks were detected and traffic was suspended one day earlier. No one was injured. pic.twitter.com/1K3YPbVkfw— ShanghaiEye🚀official (@ShanghaiEye) November 11, 2025
Construction of the bridge finished earlier this year, according to a video posted by contractor Sichuan Road & Bridge Group on social media.
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