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The bridge has just been unveiled in Guangdong Province, south China<\/h2>\n

A bridge in China has earned itself some impressive accolades after claims it broke multiple world records.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After seven years of construction,\u00a0China<\/a>\u00a0officially opened a mega-project in Guangdong Province last month consisting of two bridges, two artificial islands and one underwater tunnel.<\/p>\n

And the project is reported as having broken a whopping ’10\u00a0world<\/a>\u00a0records’.<\/p>\n

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Shenzhen-Zhonshan Link has just been opened in south China (CGTN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The bridge – named the Shenzhen-Zhonshan Link – begins at Shenzhen airport interchange and reaches all the way over the Pearl River to Ma’anshan Island in Zhongshan.<\/p>\n

It’s reported by China Global Television Network (CGTN) as spanning a staggering 24-kilometers.<\/p>\n

And if that wasn’t impressive enough, the network claims the bridge has also broken a whopping ’10 world records’.<\/p>\n

1. Longest two-way, eight-lane immersed tube tunnel<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Shenzhen-Zhonshan Link bridge is reported as being the world’s longest, two-way tube tunnel with four lanes for vehicles to\u00a0travel<\/a>\u00a0in one direction and another four in the other.<\/p>\n

The immersed tube tunnel spans ‘5,035 meters and consists of 32 tube sections and one final joint,’ according to CGTN.<\/p>\n

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The bridge has reportedly broken 10 records (CGTN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

2. Widest underwater steel shell-concrete immersed tube tunnel<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CGTN reports the steel shell-concrete tube tunnel which is immersed underwater features ‘a standard tube section length of 165 meters, a width of 46 meters – 55.6 meters at its widest – and a height of 10.6 meters’.<\/p>\n

The tunnel is said to feature 14 robots to ensure its safe operation, such as one detecting if a fire has broken out.<\/p>\n

3. Highest navigation clearance for a sea bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you were looking to pass a boat underneath the bridge anytime soon, then you should have no issues, with the Shenzhen-Zhonshan Link bridge reportedly having the highest navigation clearance for a bridge above the sea.<\/p>\n

4. World’s first underwater expressway interchange and airport interchange<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The bridge has reduced travel time from the airport interchange and island from two hours to just 30 minutes, reports claim.<\/p>\n

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The bridge consists of an underwater tunnel too (CGTN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

5. Widest repeatedly foldable M-shaped water stop used in the final joint of an immersed tube tunnel<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The bridge also features the world’s ‘widest repeatedly foldable M-shaped water stop’ found in the final joint of an immersed tube tunnel, the width measuring three meters.<\/p>\n

6. World’s highest wind resistance test speed for a suspension bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The bridge is reported as having a ‘maximum flutter test wind speed of 83.7 meters per second’.<\/p>\n

7. Largest single-volume cast for a steel-shell immersed tube using self-compacting concrete<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The tunnel reportedly boasts a steel-shell immersed tube which uses ‘self-compacting concrete’ with ‘a single tube section concrete volume reaching 29,000 cubic meters, totaling 910,000 cubic meters’.<\/p>\n

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The suspension bridge reportedly has the world’s highest wind resistance test speed (CGTN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

8. Largest offshore suspension bridge anchor<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The anchor’s concrete volume is reported as measuring ‘approximately 344,000 cubic meters’.<\/p>\n

9. Largest span for a fully offshore steel box girder suspension bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Shenzhen-Zhongshan has a span of 1,666 meters.<\/p>\n

10. Largest steel bridge deck with hot-mix epoxy asphalt paving<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The paving is claimed to cover an area of 378,800 square meters.<\/p>\n

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The project consists of two artificial islands too (CGTN)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link is also said to have broken the record for highest bridge deck.<\/p>\n

However, the new bridge’s bridge deck measures a whopping 91 meters (299 feet) and according to other reports online, the Sidu River suspension bridge in Yesanguan Township measures 496 meters (1,627 ft) in deck height.<\/p>\n

The bridge’s other ‘records’ are yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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