World’s Longest: The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge—For China and the World

World’s Longest:  The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge—For China and the World

By Michael Billington – EIR

 On July 1, 2018, barring unforeseen obstacles, the world’s longest bridge, including the world’s longest underwater road tunnel, will be officially opened for traffic. It should be no surprise that this engineering feat is taking place in China, where most of the world’s new records are being set over the past decade. This 55 km bridge-tunnel connects the former British colony of Hong Kong to the former Portuguese colony of Macao and the neighboring Chinese metropolis of Zhuhai, crossing over the open sea at the mouth of the Pearl River, called the Lingdingyang channel… For more download the PDF aricle.

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