Friday, July 1, 2011

Jiaozhou Bay, World's Longest Bridge

Vivanews - China has opened the world's longest bridge across the sea. The bridge, named Jiaozhou Bay, has a length of 42 kilometers. He connects the port city of Qingdao in the eastern region of the country with Huangdao island.
 According to China Central Television, China's state television station, a bridge with a width of 35 meters was the longest bridge. When built, the project cost up to over U.S. $ 1.5 billion or about Rp12, 8 trillion.
 Quoted from CCTV, July 1, 2011, the bridge was successfully passed the assessment of construction on Monday, June 27 last. Bridges and underground tunnels also be opened to vehicle traffic, a day thereafter.

To be able to stand, Jiaozhou Bay is supported by more than 5,000 pillars. The bridge construction will be completed after 4 years of development.

According to Guinness World Records, the previous record holder for the category of the bridge over the waters of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is in Louisiana, USA. Compared with the bridge, new bridge inaugurated in China is 4 kilometers long.

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