The Half-Mile Escalator 

It’s fascinating to see an escalator as public transit.

In Wushan County, China, the wild new “Goddess” escalator system runs almost 3,000 feet and takes folks up 800 vertical feet.

[I]t’s made of 21 individual escalators, 8 elevators, 4 moving walkways and several pedestrian bridges. Riding all of them takes roughly 21 minutes.

It’s quite something to see:

A huge hillside escalator

If these escalators ever run into trouble, the fact that they will become stairs will not be so convenient.