The Qingdao Bay Bridge, a project that has been longed for by Qingdao citizens and drawn extensive attention, broke ground on June 30, 2005. The project is expected to be completed before the 2008 Olympic yachting competition.

As is learned that the total investment of Qingdao Bay Bridge stood at 9.938 billion yuan. The project starts from the No. 308 national highway in the east, stretches over Jiaozhou Bay water and reaches Hongshi Cliff in Huang Island in the west Island organically. The project has a total mileage of 35.4 kilometers, of which 26.75 km is over the sea.

By People's Daily Online