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Only 9200 vehicles per day, that’s really small. The SF-Oakland bridge does a quarter million vehicles daily. I wonder how they can justify the cost for so litt

by romed 8y ago

Only 9200 vehicles per day, that’s really small. The SF-Oakland bridge does a quarter million vehicles daily. I wonder how they can justify the cost for so little.

te_chris 8y ago
Autocracy
sandworm101 8y ago
There are two places where "the biggest" trumps all notion of practicality: china and dubai. This is about "national pride", aka freud.
reaperducer 8y ago
I wonder how they can justify the cost for so little. It's a communist nation. They don't have to justify the cost. It's all about politics and boasting.
kenneth 8y ago
I imagine it will be a much higher share of commercial vehicles (busses and trucks) vs. the bay bridge that is largely a commuter bridge. Macau and Zhuhai are too far away for people to commute. And politically, Macau's population is too small to matter as a source of people who might work in HK, while the mainlanders in Zhuhai likely don't have appropriate immigration status to work in HK. (Yes, mainlanders need visas and permits to be in HK.)
xyzzyz 8y ago
On the other hand, their cost per mile is a third of the SF-Oakland bridge, meaning we could have had three bridges for the same price if we let Chinese build them.
- romed 8y ago
  The Bay Bridge happens to have twice as many lanes.
  - greeneggs 8y ago
    It's also in earthquake country. And it was made in China! > At $7.2 billion, it will be one of the most expensive structures ever built. But California officials estimate that they will save at least $400 million by having so much of the work done in China. … > [Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company] put 3,000 employees to work on the project: steel-cutters, welders, polishers and engineers. The company built the main bridge tower, which was shipped in mid-2009, and a total of 28 bridge decks — the massive triangular steel structures that will serve as the roadway platform. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge....
Someone 8y ago
Only 9200? You wish. The article says ”They later lowered their estimations after new transport networks were built in the region.” This is geopolitics. It makes Hong Kong (more) a part of mainland China. That’s what justifies the cost for them.

by romed 8y ago

Only 9200 vehicles per day, that’s really small. The SF-Oakland bridge does a quarter million vehicles daily. I wonder how they can justify the cost for so little.

te_chris 8y ago

Autocracy

sandworm101 8y ago

There are two places where "the biggest" trumps all notion of practicality: china and dubai. This is about "national pride", aka freud.

reaperducer 8y ago

I wonder how they can justify the cost for so little. It's a communist nation. They don't have to justify the cost. It's all about politics and boasting.

kenneth 8y ago

I imagine it will be a much higher share of commercial vehicles (busses and trucks) vs. the bay bridge that is largely a commuter bridge. Macau and Zhuhai are too far away for people to commute. And politically, Macau's population is too small to matter as a source of people who might work in HK, while the mainlanders in Zhuhai likely don't have appropriate immigration status to work in HK. (Yes, mainlanders need visas and permits to be in HK.)

xyzzyz 8y ago

On the other hand, their cost per mile is a third of the SF-Oakland bridge, meaning we could have had three bridges for the same price if we let Chinese build them.

romed 8y ago
The Bay Bridge happens to have twice as many lanes.
- greeneggs 8y ago
  It's also in earthquake country. And it was made in China! > At $7.2 billion, it will be one of the most expensive structures ever built. But California officials estimate that they will save at least $400 million by having so much of the work done in China. … > [Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company] put 3,000 employees to work on the project: steel-cutters, welders, polishers and engineers. The company built the main bridge tower, which was shipped in mid-2009, and a total of 28 bridge decks — the massive triangular steel structures that will serve as the roadway platform. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge....

Someone 8y ago

Only 9200? You wish. The article says ”They later lowered their estimations after new transport networks were built in the region.” This is geopolitics. It makes Hong Kong (more) a part of mainland China. That’s what justifies the cost for them.