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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). ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, Mar 30 2008

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