Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Jiaozhou Bay and Jiaozhouwan (Haiwan) Bridges in Qingdao China

Jiaozhou Bay: (Satellite)
Jiaozhouwan: (Satellite)

Look at how few cars are on the bridge.
Highway Engineering Discoveries posted
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Genaro Carpentero: Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is 42.23 kilometers long in line and 31.630 kilometers long in bridge length. It is a sea-crossing passage channel of Huangdao District, Chengyang District, Licang District and Jiaozhou City in Qingdao, China's Shandong Province, China, which is located above the Jiaozhou Bay.
Highway Engineering Discoveries posted again
Jiaozhou Bay and Jiaozhouwan (Haiwan) Bridges in Qingdao China

Highway Engineering Discoveries posted
Mumbai [wrong]
Audu Habila Buhari: This is Nigeria 🇳🇬 not Mumbai. [wrong]
Kousik Chakrabarty: Jiaozhou Bay bridge, China. https://newsfeed.time.com/.../china-opens-worlds-longest.../ [Third time is a charm.]

The above photo is near the east end of the Jiaozhouwan Bridge.
Satellite

The south end of the Jiaozhou Bay is the Jiaozhouwan  Bridge.
Highway Engineering Discoveries posted
China
Dennis DeBruler: That must be where the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge meets the Jiaozhouwan (Haiwan) Bridge: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1712477,120.2968983,2774m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

The Jiaozhouwan Bridge has three cable-stayed spans.

Satellite, the east span

Satellite, the middle span, which is west of the Jiaozhou  Bay junction.

Satellite, the west span

Daily Overview posted
The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge — connecting Qingdao and Huangdao, China — is the world’s longest bridge, spanning 25.84 miles (41.58 km). The construction used 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic meters of concrete. The bridge is T-shaped with an over-water, semi-directional interchange to allow for a third directional exit/entry from Hongdao Island.
36.172089°, 120.298834°
Source imagery: Maxar

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