This is the largest floating bridge in the world – 02/12/2019

C & # 39; the greatest engineering work of recent years and it is on the other side of the Pacific: the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HKZM) was inaugurated just a few months ago at China. Without a doubt, the Asian power has shown the world what it could do in titanic works.

Mega work He had six years of planning and eight years of construction, and serves to unite three of the most important trading regions of the region: Hong Kong, Zhuhai, city of Guangdong province and Macau. In addition, reduces transfer times from three hours to 30 minutes only.

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The maritime viaduct is a wonderful and complex engineering and technology work running through the ocean Lingding, one of the busiest maritime areas of southern China. Its length is 55 kilometers, of which 6.7 kilometers are underground due to vessel size who come and go from the ports of Hong Kong.

As you can see in a video posted on Twitter, the bridge generates waves as cars pbad, making it a great tourist attraction.

The HKZM bridge It's almost 20 times longer than the San Francisco Golden Gate and already It is considered the longest in the world on the sea. For its construction, it took 420,000 tons of steel, 60 Eiffel towers, in addition to 1.08 million cubic meters of concrete.

L & # 39; s work represented an investment of $ 16,800 million as it was not a simple construction, because security was one of the most complex problems of the planning phase. As a result, the floating bridge is able to withstand earthquakes up to 8 degrees and supertyphonsin addition to ensuring that its useful life will be 120 years.

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During the years that it was necessary to open, the work also provoked controversy: it was affected by many delays, cost overruns, corruption and death of several workers.

However, for the government, the HKZM has promoted trade by dramatically uniting both sides of the Strait.

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This trip is part of the project of the Chinese government of the "Great Bay" (Greater Bay Area). This one provides for the integration of the two "special administrative regions" of Hong Kong and Macao in a vast agglomeration of more than 75 million inhabitants, It will also include nine cities in Guangzhou Province, the most dynamic of China, among them its capital of the same name and Shenzhen.

This magnificent infrastructure is located in one of the busiest areas of the world, with over 4,000 vessels sailing above and below each dayand planes taking off and landing every minute at the airport Hong Kong.