China inaugurates world’s longest sea bridge

01/05/2008 -- 8:30 PM

Beijing (VNA) - China on May 1 inaugurated the world's longest cross-sea bridge as part of its effort to boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta. The 36-km bridge spanning Hangzhou Bay near Shanghai not only shortens the road trip from Shanghai to other locations in the south by 120 km, but also connects business activities of Shanghai economic-financial hub in northern Hangzhou Bay to economic development zones in the south. As a shortcut between Zhejiang and Shanghai , the bridge is expected to greatly alleviate traffic flow in the booming Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo triangle. It will also help boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta, which covers almost 100,000 sq. km of land comprising Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. The bridge, with a 32-km section spanning the sea, is a cable-stayed structure built at a cost of 11.8 billion yuan (1.69 billion USD). Construction of the six-lane bridge, which will allow a maximum speed of 100 km per hour, started on November 14, 2003 and was completed on June 26, 2007.-Enditem
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