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Ningbo bridge, a view to a crash

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... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Thu, May 08 2008

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01 May 08 visit 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 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...
01 Apr 08 visit 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 ...
09 May 08 visit 90 Minutes From Shanghai To Paris (Ningbo)  »  China Law Blog Well, not quite, but the Shanghai to Ningbo bridge is the world's longest cross-sea span and it cuts the drive from Shanghai to Ningbo from 400 km to 80km. CLB's own Steve Dickinson just returned from Ningbo, having travelled there from Shanghai to meet...
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.
24 Dec 07 visit World's longest oversea bridge: Hangzhou Bay, China (1 of 5)  »  YouTube videoTo connect the global metropolis of Shanghai with the prosperous Ningbo city, China constructed the longest oversea bridge, overcoming geological barriers once described as impossible to achieve.

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