world’s longest sea bridge

December 17, 2009

world’s longest sea bridge

China has begun construction on what will become the world’s longest sea bridge.

The Y-shaped link between Hong Kong, Macau and China will be around 50km (31 miles) long in total, 35km of which will span the sea, said the state news agency Xinhua. Due to be completed by 2015, the 73bn yuan (£6.75bn) cost of the bridge will be shared by the authorities in the three territories.

The structure also includes a 5.5km underwater tunnel with artificial islands to join it to bridges on each side.

posted by Deron Bauman in architecture, design, international | * | 1 comment

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range on December 17th, 2009 at 11:16 am

wow. That’s pretty incredible.

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