Sea bridge connected in Nanhui
10/12/2004 14:22
Shanghai Daily news
One end of the partly constructed Donghai Bridge was connected to land,
engineers announced yesterday. The sea bridge's central portion was connected
to Nanhui District. This will make it considerably easier to transport building
materials from the district to middle sections of the bridge, which was
previously carried out by sea vessels. "The connection will greatly
facilitate construction above the sea, making sure the project will be completed
by the end of next year," Yan Zuoren, an official of Shanghai Urban Construction
Group, said yesterday. The bridge is the key element in the first phase of
the Yangshan Deep Water Port project that began in June 2002. The 31-kilometer
bridge will link Shanghai to the port at the mouth of Hangzhou Bay, about 27
kilometers from Luchao Harbor in Nanhui. Once completed, Donghai Bridge will
be the nation's longest span over the sea. The 25-kilometer roadway above the
sea will be connected by about 670 bridge planks. Each plank is the size of
four volleyball courts, engineers said. They vowed to finish laying all planks
by June 2005.
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