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Get to know Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge in 100 seconds

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2018-10-25 14:08:47Ecns.cn ECNS App Download
Special: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

Length: 55 km, including 6.7km undersea tunnel

World's longest sea-spanning bridge 

Steel usage of main bridge: 400,000 tons

Equivalent to 60 Eiffel Towers 

Strength to withstand: Magnititude-8 earthquake

Typhoons up to Gale Force 16 

Design life: 120 years 

Travel time between Hong Kong and Zhuhai:

From 210 minutes to 30 minutes 

Cross-border services offered 24 hours a day 

Construction period: 9 years (2009-2018) 

Total cost: 120 billion yuan ($17.3 billion) 

Crowned one of the "seven wonders of the modern world"

and "Mt. Qomolangma" in the field of bridge construction

  

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