Bridge overcomes technical challenges

Editor's note: In the run-up to the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress, China Daily will cover a series of key projects and advanced equipment of national importance, showcasing the country's huge improvement and relentless efforts at innovation.

Builders of the massive Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge - which, when completed, will be the world's longest bridge over water - overcame one of the most complex challenges ever to confront engineers.

The Y-shaped span, which will link the three cities, incorporates the latest engineering technology and design, enabling the structures to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, a super typhoon or a strike by a cargo vessel weighing 300,000 metric tons.