A super-tall bridge inaugurated in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Monday will connect the province's industrialised north and mountainous, less developed south and halve travel time between the impoverished counties of Pingtang and Luodian.

The 2,135-metre-long Pingtang Grand Bridge, supported by three towers and numerous cables, will be fully open to the public on Jan 1, the provincial transport authorities said.