Hangzhou Bay Bridge-A 36 km shortcut between Shanghai and Ningbo

摘要

The Hangzhou Bay Sea-crossing Bridge is the world's longest bridge over ocean waters. Its total length is 36 km in total length, of which 35.7 km is bridge. A great number of new techniques, new materials, new equipment, and new theories were adopted in the overall design of Hangzhou Bay Sea-crossing Bridge due to the large scale of the project, as well as complex hydrological, meteorological, geological, and sea erosive conditions which provided impetus to the innovation of bridge technology and design in many regards.