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Hangzhou Bay Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 30°27′N 121°08′E / 30.450°N 121.133°E |
| Carries | Six lanes of  G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway and  G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway |
| Crosses | Hangzhou Bay |
| Locale | Jiaxing / Cixi City  People's Republic of China |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 35.673 km (22 mi) |
| Longest span | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | June 8, 2003 |
| Construction end | June 14, 2007 |
| Opened | May 1, 2008 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | 80 yuan |
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Hangzhou Bay Bridge (simplified Chinese: 杭州湾大桥; traditional Chinese: 杭州灣大橋; pinyin: Hángzhōu Wān Dàqiáo; Wu: Han-tseu-uae du-jiau) is a long 35.7 km (22.2 mi) highway bridge with two separate cable-stayed portions, built across the mouth of Hangzhou Bay in the eastern coastal region of China. It connects the municipalities of Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province.
Construction of the bridge was completed on June 14, 2007,[1] and an opening ceremony was held on June 26, 2007. The bridge was opened to public May 1, 2008, after a considerable period of testing and evaluation.[2] The bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Ningbo and Shanghai from 400 km (249 mi) to 180 km (112 mi) and reduced travel time from 4 to 2 hours. At 35.673 km (22 mi) in length, Hangzhou Bay Bridge was among the ten longest trans-oceanic bridges.
It is not to be confused with "Outer Hangzhou Bay Bridge", a project under study which would ring the bay islands between Shanghai and Ningbo. An official name does not yet exist, hence the terminology clash.
- ^ "World's longest trans-sea bridge linked up successfully". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
- ^ "World's longest sea bridge to open in east China". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2008-05-03.