China Begins Construction of World’s Longest Cross-Sea Bridge

On Tuesday (December 15), a construction of the world’s longest cross-sea bridge linking China’s southern economic hub of Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macao was begun. The cinstruction was hoped to bring both parties’ economic relationship closer.  Starting from the Lantau Island in Hong Kong, the Y-shaped HongKong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will have a total length of almost 50 km, of which about 35 km will be built over the sea, making it the longest cross-sea bridge in the world.

“It is designed with a service life of 120 years. It can withstand the impact of a strong wind with a speed of 51 meters per second, or equal to a maximum Beaufort scale 16 (184 to 201 km per hour),” said Zhu Yongling, an official in charge of the project construction. The bridge was built to be able to resist the impact of 8-magnitude earthquake and a 300,000-tonne vessel.

We should have been hoping that in about 6 years from now, in December 2015, we can already see those territories connected.