Officially the vehicular movement started on Wednesday in the world's longest sea bridge. China's bridge has created direct road connectivity with the mainland of Hong Kong and Macau. On Tuesday, China's Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge was inaugurated by President C China Ping. Today it is open to the public.
This morning passengers and travelers gathered at the intermediate bus terminal in Hong Kong. During this time the bus operators served their various types of food.
58-year-old Angie Chen has come to be a witness in history. He has been on the bus to go to Macao. The message agency told AFP: "I want to ride on the bus and want to see how convenient it is. I want to enjoy the beautiful scenes outside. It is a historic engineering project.
With this bridge, passengers and vehicles from Macao and Hong Kong can travel directly to different destinations. On the river of Pearl River on the river of China, the bridge has crossed the sea beyond. The 55-kilometer (34 miles) long stretch of the road from Hong Kong to Makayway, The bridge added 11 more big cities to the route. In South China's 56,500 square kilometer area, 6.8 million people will get the benefits of this bridge. The distance between Hong Kong and Macau was reduced by two and a half hours due to the launch of this bridge. The last three hours of the journey can now be half an hour. It will take 45 minutes to go to Zhuhai, before it takes 4 hours. Only 10 thousand private vehicles will be granted bridge crossing from Hong Kong to Zhuhai. The rest of the people can travel on the bus. Travelers will have to cross the customs side on both sides of the bridge.
Although the supporters called this bridge the victory of the world's engineering sector, criticism is not less. Critics say the costly 'white elephant' has been created for political gain. Connecting semi-autonomous Hong Kong to the mainland through Beijing's attempts.
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