World’s Longest Sea Crossing Bridge Opens in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the world longest sea-crossing Bridge after nine years from its Construction.

World’s Longest Sea Crossing Bridge Opens in China

The $20 billion bridge  spans up to 55 kilometers which connect from Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. The bridge is designed as to prevent from the earthquake and any type of disaster. The bridge is built with 400000 tonnes of steel.

The Hong Kong Zhuhai-Macau bridge is made up of 35 km. The President has not officially announced the bridge to open up as It is still in fireworks. Vice Premier Han Zheng said the bridge would help drive China’s strategic blueprint for a Greater Bay Area around the Pearl River Delta modeled on other global economic dynamos like San Francisco Bay and Tokyo Bay.

Standing at this new historical starting point, we firmly believe that the opening of the bridge will further develop the special advantage of Hong Kong and Macau,” Han said in a speech at the ceremony. 

The bridge, which snakes across the Pearl River Delta from Hong Kong’s Lantau island and passes Macau’s glitzy casinos, will begin operations on Wednesday when some bus services begin. The Arrangements are being finalized for trucks and private vehicles will need special permits to use it.

According to Chinese media, authorities will use facial recognition systems to detect yawning drivers on the bridge, as a safety measure. If a driver yawns three times, an alarm will go off, media has reported. The bridge’s opening comes at a challenging time for China as it faces pressure from a trade war with the United States, volatile financial markets, mounting public debt and a slowing economy.

President Xi’s visit to the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong had been shrouded in secrecy, with state media making little mention of his itinerary before he showed up for the bridge opening. Some media commentators have seen Xi’s trip to Guangdong as an opportunity for Beijing to reaffirm its commitment to economic liberalization.

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