A newly built 2,500-foot bridge in China’s Sichuan province has collapsed in a massive landslide, just months after opening.
Dramatic footage captured the Hongqi Bridge crumbling into a cloud of dust as the hillside gave way, sending debris cascading across the ravine.
Authorities had closed the bridge to traffic a day earlier after cracks appeared in nearby slopes and roads. Preliminary investigations suggest the instability was caused by water storage at a nearby reservoir.
No injuries were reported.
The bridge, part of National Highway 317 in Maerkang city linking central China to Tibet, remains closed with detours in place as emergency teams assess the damage.
NEW: 758-meter-long Hongqi bridge in the southwestern province of Sichuan, China collapses just months after opening.
Construction on the Chinese bridge had finished earlier this year, according to Reuters.
The collapse of the bridge was reportedly triggered by… pic.twitter.com/fyxMAW9JNN
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 11, 2025
Look like China construction was not the problem
Not like in Bangkok with the China Railway Number 10 engineering group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRUfXoRhj4A
Its a bit hard to figure out whats really going on in China
Boom or bust?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVWtoTbXluY
China Bridge Collapse – November 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFLv9aXJPV0