国内英语资讯:China Focus: China completes worlds longest cross-sea road-rail bridge
<p><span word="FUZHOU">FUZHOU</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 25-- <span word="China">China</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="longest">longest</span> <span word="cross">cross</span>-<span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="road">road</span>-<span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="southeastern">southeastern</span> <span word="province">province</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fujian">Fujian</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="truss">truss</span> <span word="girder">girder</span>, <span word="weighing">weighing</span> 473 <span word="tonnes">tonnes</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="bolted">bolted</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Pingtan">Pingtan</span> <span word="Strait">Strait</span> <span word="Road">Road</span>-<span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="Bridge">Bridge</span>, <span word="another">another</span> <span word="mega">mega</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p><p><span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="builders">builders</span> <span word="clad">clad</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="orange">orange</span> <span word="overalls">overalls</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="hailed">hailed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="completion">completion</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="deck">deck</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="several">several</span> <span word="rounds">rounds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fireworks">fireworks</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="celebrate">celebrate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="moment">moment</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="staggering">staggering</span> <span word="span">span</span> <span word="of">of</span> 16.34 <span word="km">km</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span> <span word="connects">connects</span> <span word="Pingtan">Pingtan</span> <span word="Island">Island</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="islets">islets</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fujian">Fujian</span> <span word="Province">Province</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="shorten">shorten</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Fuzhou">Fuzhou</span>, <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Fujian">Fujian</span> <span word="Province">Province</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Pingtan">Pingtan</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pilot">pilot</span> <span word="zone">zone</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="facilitate">facilitate</span> <span word="trade">trade</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="exchanges">exchanges</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="Strait">Strait</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bridges">bridges</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="challenging">challenging</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Wang">Wang</span> <span word="Donghui">Donghui</span>, <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="engineer">engineer</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="longest">longest</span> <span word="cross">cross</span>-<span word="sea">sea</span> <span word="road">road</span>-<span word="rail">rail</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="construction">construction</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2013 <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="spans">spans</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coast">coast</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="southeast">southeast</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="no">no</span>-<span word="go">go</span> <span word="zone">zone</span>" <span word="for">for</span> <span word="bridge">bridge</span>-<span word="building">building</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="gales">gales</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="waves">waves</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="perilous">perilous</span> <span word="seas">seas</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Bermuda">Bermuda</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cape">Cape</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Good">Good</span> <span word="Hope">Hope</span>.</p>
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