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Getting Around: Bridge to Ningbo, folding bikes, floods and construction

A summary of some of the Shanghai public-transportation-related stories making the news lately:The longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world is set to open near Shanghai on May 1. According to the Shanghai Daily, "the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which starts... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Apr 04 2008

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27 Jan 08		Donghai Bridge of China - Longest bridge in Asia » YouTube videoDonghai Bridge has a total length of 32.5 km,located near Shanghai, is the longest sea crossing bridge in the world and the longest bridge in Asia.
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...
27 Jun 07		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...
26 Mar 08		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...
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 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 ...

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