Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge

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The Jiaxing-Shaoxing Sea Bridge (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Jiā Shào Kuà Hǎi Dàqiáo), sometimes shortened to Jiashao Bridge, is the world's longest and widest multi-pylon cable-stayed bridge. From end to end, it stretches 10.14 km (6.3 mi) across the Qiantang River estuary, at Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China. The main bridge is 2,680 m (8, 790 ft) long and 55.6 m (182 ft) wide and carries an expressway with eight traffic lanes. Construction started December 2008, and the toll bridge opened for traffic on July 20, 2013. Jiashao is the second sea-crossing bridge built in the greater Hangzhou Bay area. It is about 50 km (31 mi) west of the longer 35.67 km (22.2 mi) Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which opened May 2008, a half year before construction began on the Jiashao.

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