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World's longest sea bridge connects Shanghai to NingboPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 27, 2007 2:51 PM
Xinhua reports that the two halves of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge that will connect Shanghai to Ningbo were linked yesterday after more than three years of construction. According to Xinhua, the bridge has the world's longest cross-sea span. It will cut the length of the drive from Shanghai to Ningbo from 400 km to 80km. Here's a photo of the future site of a 30-story observation tower and a hotel and conference center to be built right in the middle of the bridge: ![]() Image from The Beijing News. Also in the biggest, longest, most macho category of engineering achievements, another report from Xinhua says that 'the two ends of the bridge with the world's longest span were connected over China's Yangtze River' on June 18. The report explains:
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Comments on World's longest sea bridge connects Shanghai to Ningbo
On behalf of my fellow Southern Louisianians in China, I say link.
We'll be crossing this bridge by special pass from the Mayor on March 28th, 2008 -- days before the official opening on April 3rd, 2008.
There is amistake in this article:
the cut is not 80 km but from 400km to around 200 km.
I drove it by myself.