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Zatch
07-11-2011, 12:17 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRg_HVXuPCk


The world's longest bridge over sea water has opened in opened to general traffic on in China's eastern coastal city of Qingdao. Jiaozhou Bay is located on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula in East China. It separates Huangdao District from Qingdao City and borders on two other cities, Jiaozhou and Jiaonan. The Qingdao Haiwan Bridge, with a total length of 42.4 kilometres would easily cross the English Channel and is almost three miles longer than the previous record-holder, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in the American state of Louisiana. Built in just four years at a cost of 55.5 billion pounds, the sheer scale of the bridge reveals the advances made by Chinese engineers in recent years.

http://www.usfunds.com/media/images/investor-alert/-2011-ia/2011-07-01/COMM-QingdaoMap-070111.jpg

Reports Surface that Jiaozhou Bridge Construction was Rushed


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZADU-6aoMio

freejack
07-11-2011, 12:37 AM
Would suck if your car broke down in the middle.

1836
07-11-2011, 12:42 AM
LOL would you drive on a huge communist-built bridge? I bet it is unsafe!

squarepusher
07-11-2011, 12:43 AM
Would suck if your car broke down in the middle.

for the most part, it looks like 3 lanes + maintenance lane. Just take a while for the tow truck driver to get there i bet

squarepusher
07-11-2011, 12:44 AM
LOL would you drive on a huge communist-built bridge? I bet it is unsafe!

would you use communist build computer equipment? :D

TheViper
07-11-2011, 01:03 AM
Turns out it's only just 16 miles long over actual water.

KingRobbStark
07-11-2011, 01:10 AM
It will probably fall apart in the distant future when the government grows to big to support its own weight.

Carehn
07-11-2011, 06:05 AM
LOL would you drive on a huge communist-built bridge? I bet it is unsafe!

They are closer to free market then we are. The form of government has yet to mind fuck the market.

VBRonPaulFan
07-11-2011, 09:19 AM
pussies, that's only a bridge. here in 'merica we do what we want, including driving under and over the water.

http://www.cbbt.com/facts.html