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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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I would certainly not drive across this thing. All it takes is one Tsunami or Earthquake and your are shark bait.

If you run out of gas or have a flat, it certainly would be a long walk (11 miles at most).



The longest sea-crossing bridge in the world

It is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world - 36 kilometres long (22 miles) - and shortens the distance between Shanghai and Ningbo by 120 km. This fantastic bridge crossing the Hangzhou Bay is expected to have a 100-year lifespan, and has a price tag of 11.8 billion yuan (US$1.70 billion).

See a picture of it here: http://www.hangzhoubaybridge.com/bridge.asp

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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 07:31 PM
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1.7 billion? For a bridge? Where does the money go. . .
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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1.7 billion? For a bridge? Where does the money go. . .
1 Billion for Bridge the other .7 Billion is for this Unique opportunity to have this bridge it is a Ltd model....
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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So the .7 billion is dealer mark up on the bridge over msrp
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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Damn your good...and your gonna be fast..keep the faith..i cheated my ordered car is 8/11 now...6400/6400...
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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so this is china??? right?? that's amazing... just shows how hard there working now over there... almost scary...
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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Of the 1.7 billion used, about $40 went to paying the workers who built the bridge.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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6 lanes in each direction , guess they'll never have to worry about traffic jams.Maybe New York and Los Angeles should hire thier engineers to build some over here.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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Sweet. I'd be all over that..
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Old Aug 1, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Look how huge Shanghai is. It dwarfs New York City.
It seems like they do everything super huge.
The Chinese are definitely scary.
They already finished all their Olympic construction last year and
they could have finished it even sooner.
Next thing you know they will be sending a man to Mars.

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