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Bridge running early

THE world's longest bridge over sea, Hangzhou Bay Bridge, will go into service on May 1, a month earlier than expectations, the construction authority for the bridge said yesterday. The construction was going smoothly and workers were working "very... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Wed, Mar 26 2008

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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...
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...
12 May 08 visit Construction starts on second bridge over Hangzhou Bay  »  Shanghai Daily CONSTRUCTION has begun on another bridge over Hangzhou Bay that will reduce travel time between Shanghai and Shaoxing by about 40 minutes, a Zhejiang newspaper reported today. The 69-kilometer bridge between Zhejiang's...
27 Jun 07 visit Yes, we broke our own record suckers!  »  Shanghaiist Not content with what was already the world's longest sea bridge, Donghai Bridge, Shanghai's built yet another bridge, the 36-km long Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which starts at Jiaxing, near Shanghai, and ends at Cixi, about 70 kilometers from Ningbo in...
22 May 07 visit World's longest sea bridge short of capital  »  Shanghai Daily 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.

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