A 30-year-old man from Chengdu, who goes by the pseudonym "Nan Duoduo", has recently gained attention for his feat of climbing China's five great mountains in just five days over the May Day holiday.
As early as the beginning of April, Nan Duoduo had started planning a five-day mountain climbing trip. "As this trip is challenging in all aspects, it must be planned," Nan Duoduo said. Sometimes, he would go on an impromptu trip, but this five-day journey to climb the five mountains was only confirmed after evaluating his own abilities and detailed planning.
Beipanjiang Bridge, located on the border of Southwest China's Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, was recognized by the Guinness World Records as world's highest bridge.
With a length of 1,341 meters, it was opened to traffic on Dec 29, 2016. Sometimes bathed in clouds and mist, the bridge offers breathtaking views due to its height, the turbulent river beneath and deep mountains around.
The complicated geological conditions made it difficult to build the bridge but gave birth to technological advancements during the construction, including four patents for invention and seven patents for utility model.
Situated in rolling mountains and gorges, Guizhou is home to many of the highest bridges in China.
The Zhoushan Cross-sea Bridge, also called the ‘Island-mainland Link Project in Zhoushan’, is one of the biggest projects of its kind in the world. It officially opened to traffic on 25th December 2009.
The Zhoushan cross-sea Bridge begins at the Yadanshan roundabout highway, on national route 329, hops across 4 islands in the Zhoushan archipelago and ends in Zhenhai district in Ningbo city. There it connects with the Ningbo ring highway, and the Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge.
The Zhoushan Cross-sea Bridge passes through 9 cuttings and 2 tunnels, and crosses 4 islands.
North China's first immersed tube undersea tunnel, the Dalian Bay Undersea Tunnel, opened to traffic on Monday in Dalian, Liaoning province. The 5.1-kilometer tunnel consists of 18 tubes, each weighing about 60,000 metric tons, and accommodates a two-way six-lane urban expressway.
The 7-kilometer road connecting the tunnel also opened on May 1, reducing travel time from one hour to five minutes and linking the less developed area in the north of the bay to the prosperous business area in the south.
Local temperatures might drop below -20°C in winter. Compared with the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the geology is much more complex here. During the four years of construction, the project team overcame many difficulties, successfully cracked technical difficulties, realized the localization of some core equipment and technology, and applied a number of new structures and technologies.
The Hotan-Ruoqiang railway in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region forms the world's first railway loop circling a desert.
The 825-kilometer line, linking the city of Hotan with the county of Ruoqiang in the Bayingolin Mongol autonomous prefecture, is on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert.
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