Length: 55 km, including 6.7km undersea tunnel
World's longest sea-spanning bridge?
Steel usage of main bridge: 400,000 tons
Equivalent to 60 Eiffel Towers?
Strength to withstand: Magnititude-8 earthquake
Typhoons up to Gale Force 16?
Design life: 120 years?
Travel time between Hong Kong and Zhuhai:
From 210 minutes to 30 minutes?
Cross-border services offered 24 hours a day?
Construction period: 9 years (2009-2018)?
Total cost: 120 billion yuan ($17.3 billion)?
Crowned one of the "seven wonders of the modern world"
and "Mt. Qomolangma" in the field of bridge construction
