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23 October 2018 09:38 am - 9 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}
Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world's longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began.
Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai.
The bridge has cost about $20bn (£15.3bn) and seen several delays.
Construction has been dogged by safety issues - at least 18 workers have died on the project, officials say.
Mr Xi attended the opening ceremony of the bridge which took place in Zhuhai along with the leaders of Hong Kong and Macau on Tuesday.
The bridge will open to regular traffic on Wednesday.
The crossing connects three key coastal cities in southern China - Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.
The bridge, designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, was built using 400,000 tonnes of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers.
About 30km of its total length crosses the sea of the Pearl River delta. To allow ships through, a 6.7km section in the middle dips into an undersea tunnel that runs between two artificial islands.
The remaining sections are link roads, viaducts and land tunnels connecting Zhuhai and Hong Kong to the main bridge.
It is part of China's plan to create a Greater Bay Area, including Hong Kong, Macau and nine other cities in southern China.
In the past, travelling between Zhuhai and Hong Kong would take up to four hours - the new bridge cuts this down to 30 minutes. (BBC)
Lord Wolfstein Tuesday, 23 October 2018 09:58 AM
As long as they build their poor quality buildings in their own country and kill their own citizens at the construction site, there are no problems.
Deepa Tuesday, 23 October 2018 05:25 PM
Poor Quality? Are you a frog that’s been living in a well all your life? You should visit China and see the development. Leading the world now!
Sutha Tuesday, 23 October 2018 08:02 PM
This fellow Lord Wolf is an idiot and never makes any sense but he is allowed to comment all the time.
High-Nese Wednesday, 24 October 2018 09:20 AM
Check their environmental pollution against development.
Lord Pakyam Wednesday, 24 October 2018 09:25 AM
Mate, your white masters could not do it and perhaps you are sad that the world emerging power did just that.
David Wei Tuesday, 23 October 2018 10:11 AM
Absolute rubbish! I have photos of the construction of this bridge from 1998 so it was NOT completed in 9 yerars. Cant trust the Chinese in anything they say.
Jude Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:01 AM
Could be the 8th Wonder !???
Jaliya Tuesday, 23 October 2018 02:03 PM
Chinese have figured out multiple ways of destruction not only themselves but the neighboring Hong Kong. I won't call this is a slick economical belt and road ... but is a gateway of ecological and marine life annihilation.
Hapuarachchi Tuesday, 23 October 2018 03:24 PM
Even in China the name board is English on Top and Chinese at Bottom, makes sense! If it is in SL there would have been big cry over it.
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