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Jiaozhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge, Qingdao, Shandong. Length 41.52 km, Worlds Longest

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Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, Qingdao, Shandong

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BEIJING - Thursday, 30 June 2011, China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles (42 kilometers) long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao. CCTV says the 110-foot (35-meter)-wide bridge is the longest of its kind and cost more than 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion). CCTV also says the bridge passed construction appraisals on Monday and the bridge and an undersea tunnel opened to traffic on Thursday. It has taken four years to build the bridge, which is supported by more than 5,000 pillars. According to Guinness World Records, the previous record holder for a bridge over water is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana. The Chinese bridge is more than 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) longer.

This photo taken on Wed. June 29, 2011 shows the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. On Thu. June 30, 2011, China opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge, which is 42 kilometers (26 miles) long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yan Runbo)

Chinas Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, the worlds longest cross-sea bridge, linking the eastern port city of Qingdao and the offshore island Huangdao, opens on June 30, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Have you noticed how the landmark technological marvels are shifting one by one to the rising Super Power China? After longest rail lines and fastest rails it is now time for the longest bridge. This phenomenon is perhaps synonymous with a nations progress and development!

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, which had the title until December 27 of the last year, for its longest span, has now been dwarfed by three miles, by the new bridge that has a massive 26.4 miles spanfive miles more than the distance between Dover and Calais. Expressing in another way, the Qingdao Haiwan Bridge is 174 times longer than the famous Londons Tower Bridge over the river Thames.

A band plays during the opening ceremony of the Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, Shandong province Thursday June 30, 2011.

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Flowers and souvenir will be given to the first vehicle runs into toll station to the applause of staff and passers-by after the bridge opened to traffic today.

Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

1.Total investment US$ 550,000,000 2. Recovery period: 22 years 3. Form of cooperation BOT , joint venture 4. Brief account of the Chinese partner Qingdao International Trust Investment Company, founded in 1993, is a local banking institution powerful in investment and financing. By the end of 1997, it had RMB 3,509 billion of total assets (including $175.08 of foreign currency assets). 5. Project details: The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is designed to be a communication link connecting Qingdao Economic & Technical Development Zone and eastern Qingdao. It is designed to be totally 20 kilometers long, and the section above the sea is 16 kilometers long with a width of 29 meters. The span of the main section of the bridge is 180 meters to enable the passage of vessels of 20,000 tons. The bridge deck will be constructed using reinforced concrete supported on T shape columns. 6. Market situation: After the bridge being completed, the distance between Qingdao and Huangdao will be 100 kilometers shorter than the existing land route and 70 kilometers shorter than the Jiaozhou expressway. 7. Contact address: Qingdao Municipal Foreign Investment Commission Address: No. 6 Xianggang Zhong Road, Qingdao, P.R.China. Contact: Mr. Ding Lian Telephone: 0086-532-591031 Facsimile: 0086-532-5910273 Postcode: 266071


Jiaozhou Bay Undersea Tunnel, Qingdao, Shandong, Chinas Longest Tunnel.

ONCE branded as the sleeping giant of Asia, China has recently completed a very vital project related to its transportation facilities. Last April 28, 2011, it has finished constructing its 2nd Undersea Tunnel which is called Qingdaos Jiaozhou Bay Undersea Tunnel. The 1st is Xiamen Xiangan Undersea Tunnel in Fujian Province.

Jiaozhou Bay Undersea Tunnel

The Jiaozhou Bay undersea tunnel is the longest undersea tunnel in China and the third longest underwater tunnel in the world. It has a total length of 7,800 meters, of which the undersea section of the tunnel is 3,950 meters long. The project has a total investment of 3.3 billion yuan.

Xia Geng, Mayer of Qingdao City.


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