Kudos To The Chinese!

[mrjarrell]

They've built and opened the worlds longest bridge. Quite the feat of engineering. It's about 3 miles longer than my favourite bridge, (and one I've gone across numerous times), the Lake Ponchartrain Bridge heading to NOLA. And it connects to a city that the Chinese had to rebuild from scratch after a massive earthquake destroyed it. Nice looking bridge, too. And they're charging tolls in order to maintain it. Not raising taxes.

That is a bridge too far: World's longest sea bridge opens to traffic in China... but it will only hold the title for five years | Mail Online

 

[ATOMonkey]

Simply amazing.

26 miles of bridge, with suspsended sections, completed in only 4 years for a cost of less than $2B.

It boggles the mind.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

It'll only be the longest bridge for a few years...

They're already planning on building a MUCH much longer one.

Doesn't change the fact that structures like this really are miracles of engineering & technology, though.

-J-

 

[ATM]

Is there anything the Chinese can't do?

 

[eldirector]

Is there anything the Chinese can't do?

Vote?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Is there anything the Chinese can't do?

Compose smooth jazz?

 

[printcraft]

Is there anything the Chinese can't do?

Say eyeglasses in english?

 

[CombatVet]

Is there anything the Chinese can't do?

Double-fist Bacon Cheese Burgers!

 

[Andy219]

Sing that song in the movie " A Christmas Story "

 

[joslar15]

Well, one need only go to San Francisco to see one of their bridges.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?_r=2

 

[The Bubba Effect]

They built a pretty cool bridge near tulip, Indiana.

 

[LeeStreet]

It's probably built with alot of USA money.

 

[hornadylnl]

It's probably built with alot of USA money.

The Chinese are probably laughing at us as our interest payments are funding their infrastructure.

 

[need4speed255]

The Chinese are probably laughing at us as our interest payments are funding their infrastructure.

Kind of like this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSQozWP-rM&feature=related

 

[Disposable Heart]

The Chinese are probably laughing at us as our interest payments are funding their infrastructure.

lol, very true.

Alot of folks will pull that youtube video of the "empty city" thinking, hey, take THAT China, not understanding that the Chinese didn't pull any heavy duty loans to build those things...

We can't even build a house in the US without loaning all the money for it, then having the local economy crippled when it is finished due to unemployment.

When you are flush with cash like China, gotta put it into something to prevent it from sitting. One would think though, space program would be next on the list for them, something more than sending a satellite up everysooften...

Disposable's prediction: Chinese beat us to Mars within the next 20 years...