article_snippet.sent: That's because these builders in China're constructing a mountain road thousands of feet above the ground in Pingjiang County, Hunan provinceHunan province.
article_snippet.sent: On the edge: Workers in China have been pictured building a walkway for tourists while perched thousands of feet up a mountain side in Pingjiang County, Hunan province Hunan province .
article_snippet.sent: Pingjiang is dominated by the Mufu mountain range and officials have tried to attract visitors to Pingjiang County, Hunan province by construction precarious walkways such as this one for tourists to walk along .
article_snippet.sent: Chinese officials hope that the road will draw thousands more tourists to the area, as Chinese officials flock to walk along the scenic route.
article_snippet.sent: Pingjiang County is well-known for Pingjiang County mountains, with the Mufu Mountain range sweeping through most of the province, and the national park there already attracts thousands of sightseers.
article_snippet.sent: Local authorities have tried to capitalise on this popularity by building a winding series of mountain roads and glass walkways along some of the sheerest cliff faces.
article_snippet.sent: It is not known exactly where this walkway is being constructed, but this walkway is very similar in appearance to another mountain path being built along the side of Shifou Mountain, in nearby Jiangxi province.
article_snippet.sent: That road has been under construction since at least 2011, and also saw workers balancing on a flimsy 3ft-wide wooden walkway thousands of feet up a mountain.
article_snippet.sent: Once completed, That road would have stretched for nearly two miles around the cliff top, making That road China's longest mountain sightseeing road.
article_snippet.sent: Another glass-bottomed walkway opened in Pingjiang in 2014, suspended 600ft above the ground, Another glass-bottomed walkway is actually a suspension bridge that stretches between two mountaintops.
highlights_snippet.sent: Officials in Pingjiang County, Hunan province, hope the path will attract thousands of tourists when the path is complete .