IN PICS | 240m-Long Glass Bridge With Diamond-Shaped Cafe Opens Over Georgia's Tsalka Canyon

240m Glass Bridge Over South Georgia's Tsalka Canyon

A 240-meter-long glass bridge over the Tsalka canyon in South Georgia, with a diamond-shaped café in the middle, was opened for the visitors on June 14 (Image: Government Administration)

Built after an investment of $40.8 million from Israeli company Kass Land, the bridge spans across the canyon with the café at an altitude of 200m (Image: Georgia in Israel @emb_israel/Twitter)

Ekaterine Tordia, the General Manager of the company, said that the cafe would be submitted to the Guinness World Records, as the restaurant is suspended at a highest point from a bridge (Image: AFP)

A visitor centre, the canyon has paths with panoramic views along with parking space, swing, bike line, cottages and a hotel complex arranged in the surrounding area of the glass bridge (Image: AFP)

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, present in the opening ceremony, said the investment has generated 250 jobs, and pointed out the Government’s main priorities were the protection of natural heritage and development of ecotourism in line with “international standards” (Image: AFP)

Garibashvili said the structure is an example of the fusion of heritage protection and development of a modern world-class infrastructure (Image: AFP)