World’s Longest Sea Bridge Brings China Closer to Hong Kong
- The 34-mile bridge linking HK to Zhuhai opens on Wednesday
- Project part of Xi’s plan to develop the Greater Bay area
The bridge is set to carry some 29,000 cars and trucks daily between Zhuhai on the mainland and Hong Kong. Fion Li reports.
(Source: Bloomberg)Another step in China’s project to bring Hong Kong into its bosom is complete and is set to connect the former European outposts of Hong Kong and Macau with the mainland.
The $15 billion, 55-kilometer (34-mile) bridge, which Xinhua says is the world’s longest sea link, will open for traffic at 9 a.m. Wednesday and is tipped to carry some 29,000 cars and trucks daily between Zhuhai on the mainland and Hong Kong, a former British colony. The waters over which the bridge stands now was formerly patrolled by three navies, and the land borders were decades ago guarded by the People’s Liberation Army to mostly keep defectors from leaving.