PM Plenkovic toured a highway bridge across Hangzhou Bay

Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, who is paying a working visit to China from 2 to 6 November, on Sunday visited Shanghai and held talks with Mayor Ying Yong, and during his stay in this Chinese commercial hub, he also toured the 36-kilometre-long Hangzhou Bay Bridge, built by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) which has been awarded the contract to construct Croatia's Peljesac Bridge.

Hangzhou Bay Bridge, which was inaugurated in 2008, is a highway bridge across Hangzhou Bay and connects the municipalities of Jiaxing and Ningbo in Zhejiang province. The bridge shortened the highway travel distance between Shanghai and the world biggest seaport of Ningbo from 400 to to 180 kilometres, thus reducing travel time from four to two hours.

The CRBC corporation managed to build this cable-stayed bridge with the longest spam of 448 metres in five years.

CRBC executives informed PM Plenkovic about the characteristics of this bridge, which is one of the longest highway bridges in the world.

After his talks with the Shanghai mayor Ying, the Croatian premier said that during the visit to Hangzhou Bay Bridge, the Croatian delegation had an opportunity to see how the CRBC corporation had been successful in completing the demanding job of building that 36-kilometre-long bridge within five years.

"This is an extraordinary success," Plenkovic said.

Text: Hina

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