virtualreview

china: news and opinion

World's longest sea bridge short of capital

CHINA'S bridge across Hangzhou Bay – the longest in the world -- linking Shanghai with the port of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province -- needs another 2.2 billion yuan (US$287 million) to finish construction, the Oriental Morning Post reported today. ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, May 22 2007

see also:

22 May 08 visit САМЫЙ ДЛИННЫЙ МОСТ ПОСТРОИЛИ КИТАЙЦЫ  »  YouTube videoMay 1 - China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge, linking Shanghai with the booming port city of Ningbo. The 11.8 billion yuan (1.7 billion U.S. dollars) cable-stayed structure, spanning Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province south of Shanghai,...
01 May 08 visit China's newest bridge is also world's longest  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge yesterday afternoon, linking Shanghai with the booming port city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province. A ceremony in the middle of the 36-kilometer cable-stay bridge,...
01 Apr 08 visit World's longest sea bridge to open in May  »  People's Daily The 36-km-long Hangzhou Bay sea bridge linking Shanghai to Ningbo in Zhejiang province would open to traffic on May 1, the Ningbo government said in Beijing on Friday. By cutting the distance between the two port cities by 120 km and tra ...
27 Jun 07 visit World's longest sea bridge connects Shanghai to Ningbo  »  Danwei Image from XinhuaXinhua 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...
26 Mar 08 visit Longest sea bridge to open on May 1  »  Shanghai Daily THE world's longest bridge over sea, Hangzhou Bay Bridge, will go into service on May 1, a month earlier than expectations, the construction headquarters of the bridge said today, Xinhua news agency reported. The construction was going smoothly and...
30 Mar 08 visit Longest bridge  »  Shanghai Daily THE world's longest sea bridge opens to traffic on May 1. The 36-kilometer bridge, over Hangzhou Bay near Shanghai, is a cable-stayed structure which was built at a cost of 11.8 billion yuan (US$1.64 billion).

« Today's Stories