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World's Longest Sea Bridge Opens After 9 Years of Construction (go.com) 108

Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated China's latest mega-infrastructure project on Tuesday: The world's longest sea crossing. From a report: The 34.2-mile bridge and tunnel that have been almost a decade in the making for the first time connect the semi-autonomous cities of Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai by road. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge spans the mouth of the Pearl River and significantly cuts the commuting time between the three cities. The previously four-hour drive between Zhuhai and Hong Kong will now take 45 minutes. One section of the crossing dives underwater into a 4.2 mile tunnel that creates a channel above for large cargo ship containers to pass through. The project came in over budget -- with Hong Kong alone investing $15 billion in it -- and delayed, as it was originally slate to open in 2016.
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  • by mrwireless ( 1056688 ) on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @12:47PM (#57524813)
    Hong Kong will revert back to full Chinese control in a few decades, and this bridge is them literally extending their reach to the island, and making their presence and influence felt as early as possible.

    Vox Borders has a great video about the larger political tensions and strategies that this bridge is a part of:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
  • Nazi architecture for the 21st century.

  • In Boston, it takes that long to paint the Tobin bridge.

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