A man rides a motorbike on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

The bridge along Niulan River in southwest China has helped local villagers to cross the river safe and sound instead of taking the unnerving cableway.

WEINING, Dec. 16, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Cableway once became the main means of transportation along the Niulan River for villagers of Weining in Guizhou and Huize County in Yunnan Province.

Since 2013, the local government has been dedicated in replacing the cableway with bridge along the Niulan River.

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 12, 2019 shows people walking on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Combo photo shows a villager of Weining County riding a motorbike on a bridge (upper) over the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 11, 2019 and a villager of Weining using cableway (lower) on March 12, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Combo photo shows a villager walking on a bridge (upper) linking Weining County in southwest China's Guizhou Province and Huize County in southwest China's Yunnan Province on March 13, 2018 and people of Huize using cableway (lower) on March 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 11, 2019 shows a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 12, 2019 shows a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

People walk on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Combo photo shows villagers of Weining County walking on a bridge (upper) over the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 12, 2019 and people of Weining using cableway over the Niulan River on March 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Combo photo shows villagers walking on a bridge (upper) linking Weining County in southwest China's Guizhou Province and Huize County in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Dec. 11, 2019 and people of Huize using cableway (lower) heading towards Weining on March 7, 2013.(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A man herds the sheep on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 12, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 12, 2019 shows a man herding the sheep on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A child walks on a bridge spanning the Niulan River in southwest China on Dec. 11, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)