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The bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Ningbo and Shanghai from 400 km (249 mi) to 180 km (112 mi) and reduced travel time from 4 to 2 hours. At 35.673 km (22 mi) in length, Hangzhou Bay Bridge was among the ten longest trans-oceanic bridges .
The bridge reduces the time from Shanghai to Ningbo from four hours to about two hours. [7] The authorities are planning the construction another bridge to speed up economic development in the region. It is also close to the two major deep water ports of Shanghai, Yangshan and the Port of Ningbo. Both major cities are within two hours by road. [8]
On 29 January 2014, Shanghai's urban planning authorities announced that they would build a second bridge combining road and rail to help meet growing transport demands for the Yangshan Deep-Water Port. [1] Plans from 2019 show that this second bridge is proposed to connect Shanghai to Ningbo via Yangshan port. [2]
After the bridge, the expressway continues south past Cixi City to an interchange with G9211 Ningbo–Zhoushan Expressway and G1504 Ningbo Ring Expressway. It continues south in a concurrency with G15 Shenyang-Haikou Expressway and G1504 Ningbo Ring Expressway for a short section in Yinzhou District before returning to its southern terminus.
Yanguan tidal bore (2017). The Bay is known for hosting the world's largest tidal bore, up to 9 meters (30 feet) high, and traveling up to 40 km (25 mi) per hour. Yanguan Town Tide-Viewing Park (盐官镇观潮胜地公园 Yánguān Zhèn Guāncháo Shèngdì Gōngyuán), on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay some 50 km east of the city of Hangzhou, is regarded as one of the best place to watch ...
Prior to the completion of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in 1957, there were no bridges across the Yangtze River, China's longest, from Yibin to Shanghai, and all overland roads and railways crossing this 2,884 km (1,792 mi.) stretch of the river had to be ferried.
This bridge connects the municipalities of Shanghai and Ningbo and is considered the longest trans-oceanic bridge in the world. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] It is the world's second-longest bridge, after the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana , United States.
The Hangzhou−Ningbo Expressway (simplified Chinese: 杭州−宁波高速公路; traditional Chinese: 杭州−寧波高速公路), commonly referred to as Hangyong Expressway (Chinese: 杭甬高速) [1] or Hangshaoyong Expressway (Chinese: 杭绍甬高速) [2], is an expressway in Zhejiang, China which links from Hangzhou, through Shaoxing ...