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Donghai by numbers
28/11/2005 13:48

758: the total number of girders used for the bridge
70 meters: the length of the biggest single girder
822: the total number of piers constructed along the 32.5-kilometer span
333: the total number of arches
420 meters: the width of the main navigation arch
40 meters: the height of the main navigation arch
150 meters: the height of the main tower
500,000 tons: total amount of steel used in construction
13.8 million tons: total amount of concrete used in construction
100 years: expected longevity of the bridge
6,000-plus: total number of construction workers for the bridge

 



 Source: Shanghai Daily