The longest sea bridge in the world! Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge with submarine tunnel inaugurated; 7 interesting facts

The longest sea bridge in the world connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai City on the mainland was recently inaugurated by China's President Xi Jinping. Located in the waters of Lingdingyang, in the Pearl River Estuary, the big infrastructure project is part of Beijing's efforts to create a new economic base in southern China. The 55-km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Sea Bridge, described as a huge infrastructure project, includes a 7-km long submarine tunnel. It was inaugurated a few weeks after the opening of a high-speed railway line linking Beijing to Hong Kong. Here are 7 interesting facts about the longest sea bridge in the world that you would like to know:

1) State media announced that the bridge had been built with enough steel to be able to build up to 60 Eiffel towers and that it was able to withstand earthquakes and super typhoons of magnitude 8.

2) The sea bridge, which demonstrates China's technical capabilities, was built at a whopping $ 20 billion.

3) The bridge was characterized as part of the development of the Greater Bay Area, a project launched by Beijing to create an economic hub linking nine cities in southern mainland Macau and Hong Kong.

4) The sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China will reduce travel time between the three territories from 3 hours to 30 minutes only.

5) Now that the sea bridge has been put in place, it would bring Hong Kong and mainland China together in terms of economic and commercial activities.

6) It is said that the bridge would facilitate the development of "one country, two systems", a framework that gives Macao and Hong Kong a certain degree of autonomy.

7) To complete this major infrastructure project, it took nine years to delay it due to budget overruns and corruption prosecutions.