Langkawi Sky Bridge, Malaysia
Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125-meter curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia, completed in 2005. The bridge deck is 660 meters above sea level at the peak of Gunung Mat Cincang on Pulau Langkawi, the main island of the Langkawi archipelago in Kedah.
The bridge is 125 meters long, and 1.8 meters wide, with two steel railings as well as steel wire mesh on either side. It is designed as a curved walkway to maximize the viewing experience, providing a shifting perspective as a visitor walks along the Langkawi Sky Bridge. The walkway, formed of steel and concrete panels set on top of an inverted triangular truss, connects two hilltops at Gunung Mat Chinchang.
The bridge is suspended by 8 cables from an 81.5m high single pylon and hangs at about 100m above the ground. The pylon is anchored onto a concreted pad set at an elevation of 604.5 meters, and its tip reached 686m above sea level. It is inclined at angles of 78° and 2° in two directions and is supported by two cables. The Langkawi Sky Bridge is designed to carry up to 250 people. It looks both futuristic and almost frighteningly precarious. And as it turns out, these fears might be justified.
