GUIZHOU, China — A portion of a bridge in China collapsed Tuesday afternoon after a landslide, less than a year after opening to the public.

The Hongqi Bridge , built behind the Shuangjiangkou Dam in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, finished construction and opened to traffic in January.

The nearly 2,500-foot long bridge was closed to traffic Monday after cracks were spotted on roads and slopes. The next day, around 4 p.m. local time, a portion of the bridge collapsed into the mountainside. No causalities were reported, according to the South China Morning Post .

Social media video shows a large portion of the bridge near the mountains collapsing and turning to a pile of dust and leaving rubble along the mountainside. "Worsening conditions" on the mountainside prompted

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