Once the bridge including a curved deck treated with tung oil for protection was completed, two large buffaloes were herded onto it to test its live-load capacity. Villagers crowded onto the bridge to observe the marvel for themselves. Afterward, the village celebrated the bridge's completion with a festival that included fireworks and performances. With the design and construction sequence determined, the building materials were ordered and shipped to the site. It was now time to build the bridge.
Shanghai is a feverishly developing metropolis.
About one-third of all the world s tower cranes can be found there. The members of the team were warmly received by the hosts, the Shanghai Film Bureau, and escorted to the bridge site. The site selected for the bridge is the little village of Jinze, located on a canal off the Yangtze River on the outskirts of Shanghai. MIT student Helen Lee created a replica of the Rainbow Bridge for a studio project. Jinze is in some way similar to Venice.