Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge, which features the second-longest cable-stayed span in the world, stands as a testament to patience. Part of a new east-west expressway that provides a badly neededrnlink between the island of Tsing Yi, located northwest of Hong Kong Island, and Sha Tin, north of Kow-loon, the sleek, elegant structure opened to traffic in December 2009 following 10 years of design and construction efforts that can only be described as extraordinary. At night the tops of its towers and the beams that connect its twin box girder decks glow from internal illumination, creating a ribbon of light that heralds the accomplishment.
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