Engineering wonder, world's longest sea-crossing bridge (China)


	Engineering wonder, world's longest sea-crossing bridge (China)

BobbyDelray

5-5-2008 11:04 PM

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Commute reduced from 4 hours to 2 hours. Impressive.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/35b5a3fe-e34c-4b69-849b-980f7171431c/F83E75B6-8232-45EC-82B8-50F42C9F268E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html" href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.usatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html">The world's longest sea-crossing bridge opened in China just a few days ago, an <A href="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/">engineering wonder</A> designed to cut in half the travel time between Shanghai and the key port of Ningbo — from four hours to about two. But as with many/most traffic projects, planners just couldn't factor in the variables of one confounding element: humans.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.usatoday.com/img/5F2980C0-B7BA-4494-B991-1C85BEC2B4DE" alt="Bridge050508" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html">Since the <A href="http://www.hangzhoubaybridge.com/">Hangzhou Bay Bridge</A> opened Friday, traffic has doubled.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/05/gawkers-jam-new.html">"I just wanted to drive a bit slowly and enjoy the sea breeze. Is that wrong?" one driver complained, according to <A href="http://news.zjol.com.cn/05english/system/2008/05/04/009481343.shtml">Zhejiang Online</A></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/" href="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.roadtraffic-technology.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.roadtraffic-technology.com/img/BC610223-1BE3-44C0-9E08-51635A612B0B" alt="The 36km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge is a six-lane highway bridge and the longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/">The 36km-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge is a six-lane highway bridge and the longest ocean-crossing bridge in the world.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.roadtraffic-technology.com/img/182D45F4-FB96-4CBB-8F78-5BDC29ECB10E" alt="The service island at the middle of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge serves as a sightseeing location for drivers and can also support rescue services.   " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/">The service island at the middle of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge serves as a sightseeing location for drivers and can also support rescue services.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.roadtraffic-technology.com/img/A7106F8D-F048-4870-88BC-C949EE95180F" alt="An artist's impression of the finished cable-stayed bridge." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/hangzhou/">"Designed for 100 years of service life, the bridge has speed limits of 100km/h for the main spans and 120km/h for land approaches."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F83E75B6-8232-45EC-82B8-50F42C9F268E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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