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That bridge is beyond...beyond any bridge! You have a huge building at the middle of the sea! OMG! this would probably be the 3rd most impressive bridge ever to built in China after the Taiwan-Mailand China Connection (if this gets ever built) and the one that crosses Bohai! :) OMG! :eek2: :eek2:

haha i am in hangzhou

haha i am in hangzhou

35,7 km :eek2: nice bridge!!

WOW AMAZING

WOW! How long is the span in the middle?

[QUOTE=big-dog;18692440]World's longest sea-spanning bridge to open near Shanghai

HANGZHOU, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 36-kilometer bridge, the world's longest sea-spanning structure, will soon open to traffic, an official in the eastern province of Zhejiang said on Tuesday.

The bridge, spanning Hangzhou Bay near Shanghai, will cut the length of the road trip from Shanghai to Ningbo, a busy port in Zhejiang, by 120 km. It is designed to last 100 years.

The bridge is a cable-stayed structure built at a cost of 11.8 billion yuan (1.64 billion U.S. dollars), according to Xue Zhen'an, deputy director of Zhejiang Provincial Traffic Bureau.

Construction of the six-lane bridge, which will have a speed limit of 100 km per hour, began in November 2003 and ended in June2007, Xu said.

The bridge would boost economic integration and development in the Yangtze River Delta, which covers almost 100,000 sq km encompassing Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu and is home to 72.4 million people, he added
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/26/content_7674191.htm

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World's longest sea-spanning bridge 杭州湾大桥
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World's longest sea-spanning bridge 杭州湾大桥Hangzhou Bay bridge
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Incredible stuff. In what percentage the Hangzhou Bay bridge is complete?

100%.

99%

ok this may be a stupid question, but what is that little island thing that you see three roads coming from???

^^ Good question. I was wondeng the same thing. Perhaps it is a tunnel--or saftey rescuse place.

^^ Good question. I was wondeng the same thing. Perhaps it is a tunnel--or saftey rescuse place.

it's the rest area U/C. there should be somewhere to stop during a 36km trip.

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check this thread
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=331300&page=13

freaking incredible!

even a rest area!!!

When is "soon"?

When is "soon"?

1/5 2008

woah! i havent seen a project like this before!

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After all these years, the bilingual signs still suck.

Like Rear End collision actually is supposed to say that tailgating is dangerous.

Keep space is better, but it should say keep your distance.

congratulation !!!

中英路牌, 是中國大叫國際化, 國際接鬼, 走火入魔.

不用走遠, 就在這壇, 看看法國, 德國, 巴西, 西斑牙的論壇, 看他們的公路牌, 他們有本國文字加英文的嗎? 他們不國際化, 不國際接鬼嗎?

中國公路, 為中國人服務, 在路上開車的是中國人說中國話, 閱讀中文. 在中國道路上有多少外國人在開車? 就算有微微的那幾個在中國在生活居住的外國人, 他們也開車, 他們應學說中國話, 學寫中國字, 入鄉隨俗, 就像中國人到外國生活居住一樣, 要學習相關國的語言文字.

How deep is the water in Hangzhou Bay? I guessing it must be fairly shallow...

only Chinese please.

we are the best.

who care the english is good or not.

fuck, you should speak chinese in china, whatever you are driving or working...

only Chinese please.

we are the best.

who care the english is good or not.

fuck, you should speak chinese in china, whatever you are driving or working...

China wouldn't grow like it is without English. Plus, English is THE international language.

What a dumb statement you made...

AFAIK, a lot of chinese people are not even speaking a word of English either in Canada or the USA and they still live there/work there/making money and a living out of it.

Incredible stuff! Would love to drive down it one day.

What is the speed limit on the bridge? Also in China which units are used? I mean km or mile?

^^
Kilometers, of course.

The longest over water bridge in the world is The Causeway, leaving New Orleans. Its 25 miles long. Is this a new record?

(p.s. not good at math)

New Orleans Causeway bridge is a lake-crossing bridge; while the Huang-zhow bridge is a sea-crossing bridge. just a little word game.

lol, these amature xinhua writers need to get their fact straight. ningbo is a "busy" city, not just a "busy port" (3rd busiest in the world by total annual tonnage actually)...

only Chinese please.

we are the best.

who care the english is good or not.

fuck, you should speak chinese in china, whatever you are driving or working...

There's no should, last time I checked, English is still the de facto language in the world. It helps smooth out communications among people of different languages. Now one day, that might change to Chinese, but it's still English for now and will be for the forseeable future.

Now, there are many english speakers in the world, and not having the english right doesn't cast you in the brightest light.

Besides, what's the harm in having someone do a proper translation?

中英路牌, 是中國大叫國際化, 國際接鬼, 走火入魔.

不用走遠, 就在這壇, 看看法國, 德國, 巴西, 西斑牙的論壇, 看他們的公路牌, 他們有本國文字加英文的嗎? 他們不國際化, 不國際接鬼嗎?

中國公路, 為中國人服務, 在路上開車的是中國人說中國話, 閱讀中文. 在中國道路上有多少外國人在開車? 就算有微微的那幾個在中國在生活居住的外國人, 他們也開車, 他們應學說中國話, 學寫中國字, 入鄉隨俗, 就像中國人到外國生活居住一樣, 要學習相關國的語言文字.

:lol: Come on, are you really convinced that it doesn't help for people to learn English? My same argument goes for this post as well. What's the harm in easing travelers and their understanding? There's no harm in letting a much wider audience understand what the signs are saying.

What you are saying basically is, "We shouldn't do it because look, no one else is doing it!"

My 2010.5.1 Hangzhou bay bridge pics

We drove from Shanghai to Ningbo and crossed Hangzhou Bay bridge, it's really magnificent, nearly 36km, requires hard work and perfect project management, the rest area is not fully completed yet but we stopped there anyway to take these photos :)

on the bridge
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90m on the top of the suspension arch
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Driving to the unfinished rest area :)
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guest hall and ob-tower, workers told us it'll be finished in 2nd half of 2010
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entrance under construction
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rest area can be accessed from both side of the traffic
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plus, our trip destination -- ancient Taishun covered bridges (near Wenzhou, zhejiang province)
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Thanks, nice pictures.

China wouldn't grow like it is without English. Plus, English is THE international language.

What a dumb statement you made...

AFAIK, a lot of chinese people are not even speaking a word of English either in Canada or the USA and they still live there/work there/making money and a living out of it.
You people in Quebec are arrogant. People don't need your language patrol from Quebec, LOL.

This bridge looks greeeaaaaat !!!!

I think the service centre of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge was, unfortunately, severely damaged in a fire on March 23, 2010. Let's hope the damage is repaired.

amazing !

I think the service centre of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge was, unfortunately, severely damaged in a fire on March 23, 2010. Let's hope the damage is repaired.

It was not severely damaged. The fire caused by welding sparks was put out 20 minutes after it broke out.

This is how the platform looked like when the fire was just put out (damage can be seen in the circled part):
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And in May from big-dog's post (btw, nice pics for a holiday trip), it was already fixed up:
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However, the authorities did put a hold on the project until more safety measurements were implemented by the construction company.

The centre is soon to be open in August, and it is currently being checked to see if it meets all the requirements, for it has to stand against tides, typhoons and earthquakes, etc. But it ain't free to use. It is more like a sightseeing platform rather than a rest area, you need to buy tickets to access the tower or the platform (parking here is free up to 15 minutes). There are other free rest areas currently available along the bridge though, well, you still gotta pay the toll. I guess it is understandable that one has to pay more to use a bridge partially funded by private sectors.

The platform has not opened yet, and no offcial date is released either:(

Still there are some update:

Sep 17th pictures from zol.com.cn
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Sep 15th picture from cnnb.com
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Looks like it is ready.

it's been a while since this thread was updated. well, here are some pictures of the tourist center/rest area.

pictures taken by whlianft @fengniao.com

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