Hangzhou Bay Bridge

Hangzhou Bay Bridge is a long 35.7 km highway bridge with two separate cable-stayed portions, built across the mouth of Hangzhou Bay in the eastern coastal region of China. It connects the municipalities of Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province.

Construction of the bridge was completed on June 14, 2007, and an opening ceremony was held on June 26, 2007. The bridge was opened to public May 1, 2008, after a considerable period of testing and evaluation. The bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Ningbo and Shanghai from 400 km to 180 km and reduced travel time from 4 to 2 hours. At 35.673 km in length, Hangzhou Bay Bridge was among the ten longest trans-oceanic bridges.