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re: Would you drive on it? China opens new world's longest sea crossing bridge - 34 miles

Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:15 am to
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:15 am to
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Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai.


That's a weird way to count. The bridge is about 14 miles long.
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
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Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:21 am to
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Including its access roads, the bridge spans 55km (34 miles) and connects Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai.


That's a weird way to count. The bridge is about 14 miles long.

thats how other countries try to beat the causeway. China already tried to do this with the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge. But the record was broken into 2 categories.
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9409 posts
Posted on 10/23/18 at 8:43 am to
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The bridge is about 14 miles long.

Yep. So if they claim it's the
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new world's longest sea crossing bridge

it's misleading.

The Causeway remains the single longest continuous bridge over water in the world.
This post was edited on 10/23/18 at 8:44 am
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