World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens

[editor]

Amazing engineering but shamefully there's no rail link included, only those with permis can drive over it and its (long delayed) construction resulted in the multiple deaths of workers.

China opens longest sea-crossing bridge

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It's an astonishing thing, but seems to be pretty much unnecessary. Guess the main point of it is to remind folk in Hong Kong that they are part of China and that in 2047 things are gonna change.

Hong Kong drives on the left, China on the right, you switch sides half way across this bridge

 

[krtek a houby]

Amazing structure but also, China bringing HK closer to its rule...

 

[cupid_stunt]

The video is amazing!

 

[skyscraper101]

54km is pretty impressive.

I don't see any mention of service stations though. They missed an opportunity for a Little Chef.

 

[Yossarian]

It's spectacular to look at, but I'm going to keep taking the ferry to Macau. I'd like to see the whole thing planted with trees and turned into a wildlife corridor/artificial reef.

 

[Crispy]

shamefully there's no rail link included

Yeah that does seem a bit silly. Macau and HK are both being hooked up to the HSR network (HK already, Macau to come) though. You''ll have to change trains in Guangzhou.

 

[Badgers]

It is nearly as good as the HS2

 

[Virtual Blue]

overrated.

...prefer the severn bridge

 

[sarahjo]

Amazing work of engineering, science, and technology.

 

[A380]

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Hong Kong drives on the left, China on the right, you switch sides half way across this bridge

It’s better than the original plan for cars to drive on the left from the Hong Kong end but commercial vehicles to drive on the right...

 

[Cid]

Amazing engineering but shamefully there's no rail link included, only those with permis can drive over it and its (long delayed) construction resulted in the multiple deaths of workers.

Permit systems are pretty standard in China, and control vehicle use to some extent. Worker deaths... Tragic.

Yeah that does seem a bit silly. Macau and HK are both being hooked up to the HSR network (HK already, Macau to come) though. You''ll have to change trains in Guangzhou.

Indeed, it's worth looking at the coverage of Chinas HSR network:

It is pretty staggering. I mean, yeah, China is very fucked up in many ways. But 高铁coverage is amazing, makes all the wrangles over HS2 look a bit ridiculous. Normal rail is pretty comprehensive too... In fact public transport in China in general is good.

I suppose the justification for this bridge is mainly road freight. Which yeah, kind of indicates that it's really political.