Video: China opens the world’s longest cross-sea bridge

I have to say false, at only 22miles, the pontchartrain bridge in LA has one of its two twin bridges at 23.8 miles. Longest in the world.


The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, or the Causeway, consists of two parallel bridges that are the longest bridges in the world by total length.[2] These parallel bridges cross Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana. The longer of the two bridges is 23.87 miles (38.42 km) long. The bridges are supported by over 9,000 concrete pilings. The two bridges feature bascule spans over the navigation channel 8 miles (13 km) south of the north shore. The southern terminus of the Causeway is in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. The northern terminus is at Mandeville, Louisiana.

— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 5:15:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

FYI lake pontchatrain is over a lake, not sea.

— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 5:16:28 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Amazing what hands can do these days.

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 6:37:33 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

It's Amazing what you can build with slave labor.

— wbradd3797 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 7:38:00 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

China's gonna spend themselves into bankruptcy ;-)

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 8:36:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

What about the Mackinaw bridge in Michigan?

— mercuryguy (View Profile)

Posted on 5/1/2008 9:29:26 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

It will fall down within five years due to bad engineering during some earthquake and then the government won't tell anyone about it.

— 993Turbo (View Profile)

Posted on 5/2/2008 8:16:17 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

If you wanna see a HUGE project, watch the video on history channel about the Three Gorges Dam. It is visible from space, and has moved villages and changes ways of life for millions of chinese. They have moved people to these concrete slab buildings that look like nothing, but the people have phones, TV, and running water now. Very touching show.

— Whelan (View Profile)

Posted on 5/2/2008 10:28:10 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I saw that video, it was really good. The scientists are really worried about the amount of potential energy that will be stored once the man-made lake is full. But this is clean energy, and a vital benefit to their region.

— mercuryguy (View Profile)

Posted on 5/4/2008 2:28:23 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

TheBoss:
Although most wars are waged for profit or resources, I hadn’t thought about dumping the old technology idea. Interesting though.

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Posted on 5/4/2008 2:33:11 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Kind of curious to know who actually cares. A well placed airplane will knock it down.

Wonder if China used Chinese steel or if that crap is strictly for export to stupid corporate America?

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/4/2008 3:33:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

lol

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Posted on 5/8/2008 12:15:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1