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World's longest sea-spanning bridge to open near Shanghai

A 36-kilometer bridge, the world's longest sea-spanning structure, will soon open to traffic, an official in the eastern province of Zhejiang said on Tuesday. The bridge, spanning Hangzhou Bay near Shanghai, will cut the length of t ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Feb 26 2008

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30 Mar 08		World's longest sea-spanning bridge to open in May near Shanghai » People's Daily A 36-km bridge, the world's longest sea-spanning structure, will open to traffic on May 1, a spokesman for the project headquarters said. "The main part of the project has been completed and 95 percent of the ancillary works has als ...
30 Mar 08		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).
01 May 08		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		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 ...
06 May 08		China Opens 22-Mile Long Bridge--The World's Longest » TreeHugger China, it seems, can't build fast enough or big enough these days, be it new airport terminals, dams, buildings for the Olympics, coal fired power plants, or bridges. In fact, last week China opened the world's longest sea bridge, spanning 22-miles...

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