It is a six-lane, two-direction highway with a 100km/h speed limit, and a 100-year, service guaranteed, cable-stayed design. It shortens the ground transportation distance from Ningbo to Shanghai by 120km and travel time from four hours to two and half hours. Starting in Jiaxing to the north, the bridge ends at Ningbo’s Cixi county in the south. The S-shaped Hangzhou Bay Bridge is an important connection in China’s East Coast Superhighway. It surpassed the Donghai Bridge, the longest transoceanic bridge in the world, when it was opened in 2005. The 36km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge is the longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world, spanning across the Hangzhou Bay on the East China Sea and crossing the Qiantang River at the Yangtze River Delta. Giant floating cranes with accurate anchoring devices are used for shipping and erecting the girders.Ĭonstruction work on the Hangzhou Bay Bridge began in June 2003 and completion is scheduled for 2008.Īn artist's impression of the finished cable-stayed bridge.Ī map of the route of the bridge across the delta. Each previously erected span will serve as the deck for transportation and erection of the next girders as the launching gantry moves forward.
The S-shaped Hangzhou Bay Bridge will shorten the ground transportation distance from Ningbo to Shanghai by 120km and travel time from four hours to two hours.Ī temporary 10km trestle has been erected for pile driving and pier construction.
BAY BRIDGE TRAFFIC REPORT DRIVERS
The service island at the middle of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge serves as a sightseeing location for drivers and can also support rescue services. The 36km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge is a six-lane highway bridge and the longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world.
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