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Humen Bridge

虎门大桥
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Urban area, Humen Town, Dongguan 511700, China
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It is the first large-scale suspension bridge in China, and its main waterway is 888 meters in diameter. It ranks among the highest in China and is known as the "world's first crossover".

Construction of humen bridge began in 1993 and opened to traffic on the eve of Hong Kong's return in 1997. [1] the bridge has a total investment of nearly 3 billion yuan, and its suspension Bridges are welded with steel cases and more than 20,000 tons of steel. The main cable of the bridge is 16.4km long, and each main cable is composed of 13970 galvanized steel wire with a diameter of 5.2 mm in diameter. If the steel wire of the two main cables is drawn into a steel rope, it can circle the earth.

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