World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens

Re:World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens by pwaivers on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:43AM (#18283762)

> Authorities initially estimated that 9,200 vehicles would cross the bridge every day.

This is... very few. Should they open it up to anyone that wants to use it? Otherwise it kind of defeats the purpose of connecting the cities.

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Re:World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens by pcr0 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @11:00AM (#18283927)

Car ownership in Hong Kong, and even the rest of the bay area is relatively low. Lot of it is probably buses.

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Re:World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @12:11PM (#18284639)

A look at a satellite view shows the bridge pretty much empty - maybe 3 trucks. And no backup at the 'customs house' on the end - totally empty lanes. Maybe it was a holiday or the weekend; but still.

https://www.google.com/maps/search/kong-zhuhai-macau+bridge/...

Oh! The HK end is still under construction in the picture. So its old. The trucks are probably bringing supplies for construction.

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Re:World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens by bobthepanda on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @05:41PM (#18287770)

In America you would find a hard time justifying anything other than just a two lane road with this low level of traffic.

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Re:World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens by nemo846 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @08:46PM (#18288780)

Heh. First ghost cities. Now ghost bridge.

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