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06-30-2011, 11:43 AM
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China's Jiaozhou Bay Bridge
"This photo taken Wednesday, June 29, 2011 released by China's Xinhua news agency shows the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China opened Thursday, June 30, 2011, the world's longest cross-sea bridge, which is 42 kilometers (26 miles) long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to an offshore island, Huangdao."      
source: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/china-s...124546927.html
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06-30-2011, 11:44 AM
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#2 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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thats what we need to go from the island to the mainland.....heck id pay a $20 toll to use it
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06-30-2011, 11:51 AM
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#3 | | 2 Wheel'd Mod
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The asphalt looks so smooth  | |
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06-30-2011, 12:00 PM
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#4 | | G'd up! w000weee
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That's crazy...I wonder how long it took them to build that bridge?
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06-30-2011, 12:01 PM
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Reminds me of SSR7 in gt5...top speed run anyone?
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06-30-2011, 12:01 PM
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#6 | | In RS I Trust
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Being the first to drive on that bridge would be beyond awesome
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06-30-2011, 12:02 PM
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#7 | | In RS I Trust
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Originally Posted by mmmk  That's crazy...I wonder how long it took them to build that bridge? | It's China they started last week  | |
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06-30-2011, 12:18 PM
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its been open for a day and already theres been an accident. 
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06-30-2011, 12:32 PM
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They should make it the Asian Autobahn
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06-30-2011, 12:39 PM
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#10 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by shenmecar its been open for a day and already theres been an accident. | exactly what i was thinking LOL  | |
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06-30-2011, 12:39 PM
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Its made in china.
Its probably not even real just another knock off 
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06-30-2011, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil@rise Its made in china.
Its probably not even real just another knock off | LOL there was an article about the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge being made in China and the pieces shipped to the US. Its crazy, China will soon be the manufacturer of everything!
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06-30-2011, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by civic_rice thats what we need to go from the island to the mainland.....heck id pay a $20 toll to use it | Except it would cost $150B CND not $1.5B.  | |
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06-30-2011, 01:03 PM
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4 yrs to build this, not too shabby
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06-30-2011, 01:05 PM
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all the exotics in china meet for a top speed run?
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06-30-2011, 01:11 PM
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#16 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Except it would cost $150B CND not $1.5B. | Wow, the article says it was only 2.3 billion US and it's 42kms long. The Port Man expansion including a bridge about 7000 feet long and widening 23Km of road is 3.3 billion Canadian.
We joke about everything is cheaper in China but holy shit, you're right the same bridge here would probably cost 100x as much.
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06-30-2011, 01:29 PM
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#17 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Just came back from a Shanghai trip last month and we managed to take the Hangzhou Bay Bridge on our way to Ningbo which was the longest bridge in the world, but now second compared to this new one. Drivers can't max out on those strips as there are cameras everywhere (our driver said). It took us 30 mins to cross over and it's even sketchier driving on it while there's a thunderstorm. Pretty cool experience nonetheless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangzhou_Bay_Bridge | |
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06-30-2011, 01:37 PM
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#18 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner 4 yrs to build this, not too shabby | not too shabby when you consider Nanaimo street is getting close to 1 year worth of construction and they've only re-paved about 2 blocks worth of roads and fucked up about 3 blocks worth
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06-30-2011, 01:39 PM
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#19 | | I don't get it
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anybody thinking of racing like wanagan midnight....42 km with smooth road is a dream for me.....
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06-30-2011, 01:41 PM
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imagine a major accident involving both lanes and being stuck right in the middle of the bridge
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06-30-2011, 01:42 PM
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#21 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by quasi Wow, the article says it was only 2.3 billion US and it's 42kms long. The Port Man expansion including a bridge about 7000 feet long and widening 23Km of road is 3.3 billion Canadian.
We joke about everything is cheaper in China but holy shit, you're right the same bridge here would probably cost 100x as much. | I don't know what the average construction worker wage is in China, but I'm willing to guess that it's nowhere close to what we pay our workers here. Not to mention they probably don't have to go through 1/4 of the safety/WCB stuff that we do here.
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06-30-2011, 01:43 PM
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Did someone say wangan? 
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06-30-2011, 01:43 PM
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#23 | | MiX iT Up!
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Originally Posted by quasi Wow, the article says it was only 2.3 billion US and it's 42kms long. The Port Man expansion including a bridge about 7000 feet long and widening 23Km of road is 3.3 billion Canadian.
We joke about everything is cheaper in China but holy shit, you're right the same bridge here would probably cost 100x as much. | $35/hr vs. $3.5/hr
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06-30-2011, 01:45 PM
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thats a pretty epic bridge
42.5KM long would be about $6 in gas just to cross it haha
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06-30-2011, 01:50 PM
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#25 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Everything in metropolitan cities in China is larger than life. Buildings in Shanghai easily trumps LA (never been to NYC though). I'd say with Shanghai is probably 5X the size of LA with a population of 25 million.
Look at the new second tallest building in world right in Shanghai, Shanghai Tower:  http://ryankamstra.blogspot.com/2010...-strabala.html | |
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