Qingdao, Shandong Province will be built is expected by the end of the world's longest cross-sea bridge opened to traffic

 Be opened to traffic in the Bay Bridge


Qingdao Gulf Bridge
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China Economic Net News Beijing January 10 British Qingdao city connected. Expected to be completed by the end of this year. It is the world's longest cross-sea bridge, the length exceeds the current world number one American New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge (24 miles), can be easily separated across the UK and mainland Europe, the English Channel.

bridge called Construction began four years ago, invested more than 55 billion pounds (about 56.6 billion yuan). The bridge will be the rise of China and the new symbol of economic growth.

is laudable, this complex structure of the bridge entirely designed and built independently by China, the whole process there is no Western bridge design experts. Two-way six-lane highway bridge and eight-lane urban freeway design speed of 80 km road, bridge 35 meters wide, the design basis of 100 years. Qingdao Bay Bridge opened to traffic, the distance from Qingdao to Huangdao nearly 30 kilometers shorter than the walking speed to save 20 minutes of Jiaozhou Bay.

steel used in the construction of the bridge volume up to 450,000 tons, enough to build 65 Eiffel Tower, the total concrete used is up to 230 million cubic meters, enough to fill 3,800 Olympic swimming pools.

Qingdao Gulf Bridge is the national highway network planning,

Bay Bridge will be built to the province, Jinan, Qingdao, to bring the two cities closer and convenient transportation links. At present, the vehicle along the Jinan-Qingdao line to the south after Huangdao to reach the required high-speed bypass Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao. Bridge is completed, will shorten the distance from Qingdao to Huangdao nearly 30 kilometers per hour calculated according to the design, saving time is 20 minutes, greatly ease the traffic pressure on Jiaozhou Bay Expressway.