Hangzhou Bay Bridge

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Hangzhou Bay Bridge
Coordinates	30°27′N 121°08′E / 30.450°N 121.133°E / 30.450; 121.133
Carries	Six lanes of G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway
Crosses	Hangzhou Bay
Locale	Jiaxing / Cixi City  People's Republic of China
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	35.673 km (22 mi)
Longest span	448 m (1,470 ft)
History
Construction start	June 8, 2003
Construction end	June 14, 2007
Opened	May 1, 2008
Statistics
Toll	80 yuan
Location

Hangzhou Bay Bridge (simplified Chinese: 杭州湾大桥; traditional Chinese: 杭州灣大橋; pinyin: Hángzhōu Wān Dàqiáo; Wu: Han-tseu-uae du-jiau) is a long 35.7 km (22.2 mi) 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,^[1] 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.^[2] 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.

It is not to be confused with "Outer Hangzhou Bay Bridge", a project under study which would ring the bay islands between Shanghai and Ningbo. An official name does not yet exist, hence the terminology clash.