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World's longest sea bridge to open in May

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 ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Apr 01 2008

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22 May 07		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.
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,...
27 Jun 07		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 Feb 08		World's longest sea-spanning bridge to open near Shanghai » People's Daily 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 ...
08 May 08		Ningbo bridge, a view to a crash » Shanghaiist The world's longest sea-bridge from Shanghai to Ningbo opened on schedule (May 1st), cutting travel time to the port city from 4 hours to 150 minutes. However not everything is going according to plan. Photo by NZJY Reuters reports that the view from...

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