China builds a 26 mile long $8Billion bridge
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China builds a 26 mile long $8Billion bridge
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...143509658.html
After four years and the pouring of 81 million cubic feet of concrete, the Jiaozhou Bay bridge is finally ready. China opened the world's longest bridge over water Thursday, linking the eastern port city of Qingdao to Huangdao island--a span of 26.4 miles.
* The structure used 81 million cubic feet of concrete, and 450,000 tons of steel--enough for 65 Eiffel Towers.
* It's supported by more than 5,000 pillars.
* It's 110 feet wide.
* At least 10,000 people are reported to have worked on building the bridge, in two teams that labored around the clock.
* Estimates of the cost vary, but some put it as high as $8.8 billion, and even China's government admits it was more than $1 billion.
* It's more than 2.5 miles longer than the previous longest bridge over water, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.
* It's reportedly expected to carry more than 30,000 cars a day.
$8 billion is alot of money for one bridge. Wonder if it will be worth it. But as someone who has a fear of long bridges, I can honestly say that I would never in a million years go on this thing.
After four years and the pouring of 81 million cubic feet of concrete, the Jiaozhou Bay bridge is finally ready. China opened the world's longest bridge over water Thursday, linking the eastern port city of Qingdao to Huangdao island--a span of 26.4 miles.
* The structure used 81 million cubic feet of concrete, and 450,000 tons of steel--enough for 65 Eiffel Towers.
* It's supported by more than 5,000 pillars.
* It's 110 feet wide.
* At least 10,000 people are reported to have worked on building the bridge, in two teams that labored around the clock.
* Estimates of the cost vary, but some put it as high as $8.8 billion, and even China's government admits it was more than $1 billion.
* It's more than 2.5 miles longer than the previous longest bridge over water, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana.
* It's reportedly expected to carry more than 30,000 cars a day.
$8 billion is alot of money for one bridge. Wonder if it will be worth it. But as someone who has a fear of long bridges, I can honestly say that I would never in a million years go on this thing.
