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China’s 3,000-foot “Goddess escalator” takes 21 minutes to ride

Ellsworth Toohey
Apr 07, 2026
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Wushan Chenghuang Pavilion Scenic Area (Weiming Xie / Shutterstock.com)

Wushan County in Chongqing now has the world’s longest outdoor escalator system: 3,000 feet of moving stairs — 21 escalators plus 8 elevators — climbing from the county town up to a scenic mountain area above it. The whole ride takes 21 minutes. Locals call it the “Goddess escalator.…

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