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The world's highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge has been completed in China. The bridge, named the Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge, will link together two tunnels 1,176 metres apart, and 355 metres above Hunan's Dehang Canyon.
A key section of the 64-kilometre-long Jishou-Chadong Expressway, the bridge features a standard two-way, four-lane motorway. The expressway runs through 18 tunnels in total, which cover about half of its length.
Construction of the bridge started in October 2007, with its main sections being completed at the end of 2011. The bridge was temporarily opened to pedestrians during the 2012 Spring Festival holiday season in February.
The structure is designed to help ease traffic in the mountainous region, where tailbacks are a common occurrence due to its narrow, steep and winding roads.
It has been dotted with 1,888 lights to increase visibility at night
China is also home to the longest bridge in the world. The 164.8km Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge was built in 2010 to carry the BeijingShanghai high-speed railway.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9175337/China-opens-record-breaking-bridge-over-canyon.html
In another 10 years, China will be a superpower. They've already built a new high speed rail system. Now they have another engineering marvel.
The world's highest and longest tunnel-to-tunnel bridge has been completed in China. The bridge, named the Aizhai Extra Large Suspension Bridge, will link together two tunnels 1,176 metres apart, and 355 metres above Hunan's Dehang Canyon.
A key section of the 64-kilometre-long Jishou-Chadong Expressway, the bridge features a standard two-way, four-lane motorway. The expressway runs through 18 tunnels in total, which cover about half of its length.
Construction of the bridge started in October 2007, with its main sections being completed at the end of 2011. The bridge was temporarily opened to pedestrians during the 2012 Spring Festival holiday season in February.
The structure is designed to help ease traffic in the mountainous region, where tailbacks are a common occurrence due to its narrow, steep and winding roads.
It has been dotted with 1,888 lights to increase visibility at night
China is also home to the longest bridge in the world. The 164.8km Danyang Kunshan Grand Bridge was built in 2010 to carry the BeijingShanghai high-speed railway.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9175337/China-opens-record-breaking-bridge-over-canyon.html
In another 10 years, China will be a superpower. They've already built a new high speed rail system. Now they have another engineering marvel.