Chinese bridge partially collapses months after opening

In China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, part of a recently opened bridge on the highway connecting the country’s center to Tibet collapsed, local officials said, but no casualties were reported.

Police in the town of Maerkang closed the 758-meter-long Hongqi bridge to all traffic on Monday afternoon after cracks appeared on nearby hillsides and roads and slides were seen across the terrain of a mountain, the local government said.

It was stated that conditions on the mountainside worsened on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a landslide, which caused the approach bridge and roadbed to collapse.

URGENT: The Hongqi Bridge in southwestern #China’s #Sichuan Province collapsed on Tuesday afternoon after cracks were detected and traffic was suspended a day earlier, according to Chinese social media videos. No one was injured. pic.twitter.com/1K3YPbVkfw— ShanghaiEye🚀official (@ShanghaiEye) November 11, 2025

Construction of the bridge was completed at the beginning of this year, according to a video posted on social media by contractor Sichuan Road & Bridge Group.