Question: The longest sea crossing bridge of the world was inaugurated by which of the following country?
(a)China
(b)Japan
(c)France
(d)USA
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 23 October 2018, Chinese president Xi Jinping inaugurated a 55- km long bridge that will escalate the integration of Hong Kong and Macao with the rest of China.
- The world’s longest sea-crossing bridge will be at the heart of an Integrated Greater Bay Area (GBA) covering 11 major neighboring cities, which include Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
- The giant GBA comprising 68 million people are expected to rival San Francisco Bay Area of the US, as well as the Tokyo Bay Area of Japan.
- The bridge has been built to combat super typhoons, a magnitude 8 earthquake, as well as hits by supersized cargo ships.
- It took about a decade to build the $20 Billion Bridge. It was built using 400,000 tons of steel, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers.
- In the past, travelling between Zhuhai and Hong Kong would take up to four hours – the new bridge cuts this down to 30 minutes.
- This bridge is not a continuous one it has a section 7 km underground sea tunnel to allow uninterrupted flow of shipping above, along the super busy Pearl River Delta, is also part of bridge’s design.
By Ramayan Upadhyay
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