20km from Guangdong to Hainan with no bridge - a conundrum for infrastructure buffs?

Despite their success in infrastructure, China has yet to build a bridge across the 20km stretch from Guangdong to Hainan. Chinese cross-sea bridges, such as the world-class Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, have displayed China's capabilities in infrastructure. However, the geographical conditions and natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes present a big challenge to bridge construction in the Qiongzhou Strait. The costs of constructing a bridge would also be astronomical, and economic return needs to be secured for such investments. Currently, ferries and airplanes adequately service the transport demands between these two regions. Various methods of bridge and tunnel creation are also being explored, but none have proved feasible so far. Despite these challenges, the impact of such a connection on Hainan's economic development makes its eventual completion a certainty. With continuous technological advancements, China remains optimistic about overcoming these struggles.

[@jazening3075]

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[@Shadowless_Kick]

Just checked, the first half of the Thailand high speed railway will complete in 2026, and the remaining will complete in 2028.

[@ioanbota9397]

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[@joet5713]

It is such difficult and complex to build a cross sea bridge and undersea tunnel because of natural disasters. There is no countries in the world who can build this. But it is China who build this. So surely it will be build because no natural disasters can stop China

[@BrandyHeng007]

Undersea tunnel being planned.