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China to build world's longest cable-stayed viaduct
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-14 22:14 HANGZHOU -- Construction on a cable-stayed viaduct spanning over east China's Qiantang River began on Sunday in the Zhejiang Province.
The Jia-Shao (Jiaxing-Shaoxing) bridge will have six piers supporting an 8-lane roadway. It is designed to span 2,680 meters, 220 meters longer than the French Millau bridge. With a planned investment of nearly 14 billion yuan, it will be the second bridge built at Hangzhou Bay. The Jia-Shao bridge will be a section on the national highway linking Shenyang with Haikou, capital of southernmost China's Hainan Province. |