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Chinese mainland's first undersea tunnel finished
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-11-05 17:12
The Chinese mainland's first undersea tunnel has been finished after over four years of construction, according to a post dated today on the website of People's Daily. The 8,695-km tunnel is in Xiamen in East China's Fujian province. Designed and built entirely by Chinese, the tunnel's deepest part is 70 meters below the sea level. It will have a life span of 100 years and cut driving time between Xiamen Island and the Xiang'an District from 1.5 hours to eight minutes. |