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Video: China unveils world's longest sea bridge, but is it?

Here is a little story for those who keep saying the US needs to build infrastructure like Chinas HSR system. They have to rebuild over 1,000 miles of HSR because of shoddy work. Now this.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rs-640-crore-bridge-develops-crack-in-just-13-days-70043

I enjoyed the video of the new bridge in China but found it interesting that the music would be the Agnus Dei sung in Latin.

On a project this expensive, it seems odd that the bridge would be curved so much that it takes 26 miles to cover a 16 mile gap. I could understand some curvature so that the bridge would be routed over shallower water and reduce the expense of deep caissons, but 10 miles extra seems extreme.

This general manager is a freaking loser! When you drive from point A to point B, do you measure the distance by the actual mileage or by crow flies? In case he didn't know, the oldest existing bridge was built by Chinese some 1400 years ago and still working well. Who's the wannabes?

MHO of course

Mainland Chinese Contractors have proven they are the masters of cutting corners. I've never seen more creative people. Example: In one case, a Mainland Company left out an oil pressure relief valve in a container load of small engines in order to (pocket the savings). Engines TYPICALLY ran 300 PSI cold instead of popping the relief valve at far less pressure. Imagine the stress on that oil pump. Fit an aftermarket oil filter and watch it explode

Manufacturer says...."Just return those engines, and we'll see if the repair qualifies to be fixed under warranty." That takes guts...

Time will tell if they can afford to keep this bridge in service. Only green peas will be envious..

The price on plastic spatulas will go from $1. retail, to $1.49.

This is what you get when you sell the hell out of plastic spatulas.

Who is going to replace the broken parts and fill in the missing bolts?

As BIG as the break down lanes are I'm sure there will be Broken Parts, and Missing Bolts to find at will. I would want a 10 lane 26 mile bridge where no Sow can hide. Opener up and just see what this rice burner can do. Maybe do a little drifting and hope the parts and bolts hold together. Do the chinese drive on the right side or the wrong side? Since I never venture to China I don't know. Could you please be more specific about this part of the story? Is this bridge facing East West or North SOWth? Sorry I couldn't tell.

Don't they have real video of the bridge instead of this animation mock up?

Reminds me of the Olympics opening ceremony...

@ NoSacredCow

The video footage is real aerial footage of the bridge. It may seem virtual, but it's definitely the real deal.

In all the news clips of this bridge, they only show the one section, over & over again.
They need to start on one end and go to the other end, to show the whole thing.
Plus did ya notice all the trash on it?

One more nail in our coffin/s
We actively engaged in transferring our wealth and know-how to China over the past 30 or so years, because of OUR GREED.
Lenin was right - "The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them."
I hope I'm dead by then

longs this bridge holds up the structure what has been designed for what counts and how it can stand the real test.

The article dated July 5, 2011 started with a contradictory title, casting doubts about the Chinese bridge by questioning if it was the longest worldwide. Then it proceeded to scare the reader of an imminent disaster, quoting the following: ???The computer models and calculations are all very well but you can???t really relax until the two sides are bolted together,??? said one engineer, ???Even a few centimeters out would have been a disaster.??? Then to scare the public by claiming that ???There were also some safety concerns.???

Derogation goes on to this ridiculous allegation of Mr. Dufrechou: However, management representing the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, the previous record holder, isn???t relinquishing its spot in the Guinness Book of World Records that easily. According to Channel 4 News: Causeway General Manager Carlton Dufrechou said his bridge, built in the 1950s and traversing the Lake Pontchartrain in a straight 24-mile line, deserves to hold on to the title. Finally, the article concludes with Mr. Dufrechou???s demeaning, depreciatory refusal to give the Chinese engineering team much credit, going so far as calling them ???a bunch of wannabees.??? Luckily the Chinese team didn???t need his credit or beg for it.

Any child knows the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But it seems the Chinese bridge designers didn???t know this universal fact, so they curved their bridge just for fun, to tease Mr. Dufrechou and force him out of his Guinness spot. To the great disappointment of the ???anonymous engineer???, the Chinese crews working from both ends of the bridge completed the project without disaster. Likewise the safety concerns were addressed.

At the time many Americans are earning their bread in China, others are struggling to get a morsel of the Chinese cake and California is saving $400m by outsourcing a Chinese company for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, an arrogant culture of insults has emerged, deliberately demeaning, degrading and derogating others to the extent of branding them as ???a bunch of wannabees.???

The question is: Will this arrogant culture of insults restore America???s lost leadership in innovation and technology as testified by leading Americans?

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What happens when you are halfway across and run out of gas, or break down? I saw no emergency telephones. How about lighting for night driving?
Maybe it's curved to keep drivers from falling asleep?
Is there a maximum and/or minimum speed limit?
Do they allow fishing from the bridge?
Enquiring mind wants to know...

China has full employment because the whole nation profits from these wonderful projects - not some fat guy- like in the US.