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Big bridge!
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:59 pm
by Gob
China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge - which stretches five miles further than the distance between Dover and Calais.
The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26.4 miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the offshore island Huangdao.
The road bridge, which is 110ft wide and is the longest of its kind, cost nearly £1billion to build.
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1QnbWruqH
Re: Big bridge!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:43 am
by The Hen
Personally, I reckon it looks scary.
I can't imagine I would be the happiest chappy making the crossing.
Re: Big bridge!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:56 am
by Sean
I'm just surprised that given your penchant for puntastic thread titles you didn't go for 'Bridge of Size'...
Re: Big bridge!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:00 am
by Gob
Oooh, an excuse!!
Re: Big bridge!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:03 am
by Scooter
cuts only 19 miles off the drive from Qingdao to Huangdao
Seems rather a waste, no?
Re: Big bridge!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:17 am
by SisterMaryFellatio
Theres no way i could go accross that with Sean and Pudd......on my own fine but am having anxiety just thinking about driving it with them both in the car.
Anyways why dont they have a ferry like normal peeps?