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China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-15 07:59
Item from July 15, 1982, in China Daily: A 2,023.4-meter-long, prestressed-concrete highway bridge across the Yellow River at Jinan, capital of Shandong province, opened to traffic yesterday.
The new four-lane traffic bridge has a central cable suspension span of 220 meters. This is the longest suspension span in Asia.
Heretofore the Yellow River had to be crossed by ferry at this busy transport point and service was often interrupted in the high water and dry seasons.
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