China begins building world's longest bridge

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BEIJING, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - China has started construction of the longest bridge in the world, which will cost over $2 billion by the time it is completed in 2012, the Xin Min Wan Bao information site reported.

According to the site, construction of the 69-kilometer-long automobile bridge began on Sunday in the coastal Chinese province of Zhejiang and will continue until 2012. The eight-lane Jia-Shao Bridge will connect the cities of Jiaxing and Shaoxing on either side of Hangzhou Bay at an estimated cost of $2.1 billion.

Like other bridges of this size, most of its length will be low-level viaduct, with longer cable-stayed spans to allow large ships to pass underneath.

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1. Sounds incredible.