Saturday, 2 July 2011

China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge

China opens world's longest sea bridge over water to general traffic.  




The bridge spans 42.4km (26.3 miles) to connect the eastern coastal city of Qingdao to the suburb of Huangdao, in Jiaozhou Bay.According to the Guinness World Records, the previous longest bridge over water was the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.  now this bridge submit this bridge title in Guinness World Records as longest bridge over the water in world. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge  took more than four years to build. About 81 million cubic feet of concrete was reportedly used . CCTV said the 110-foot-wide bridge cost more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion).  the bridge expected to carry more than 30,000 cars a day.

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