The Most Challenging Infrastructure Project In The World #shorts

This highway in China is one of the most challenging infrastructure projects in the world. #shorts #infrastructure

[@rambolicious1702]

It took them 5 years. In America there still working on the same 5 miles for 10 years now

[@quietstorm1050]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@yeremychauvin7253]

Because of lack of money due to China funding.. 😅

[@Em_Rey]

Lmao yeeeeeeeeees

[@conductorquackers]

Have you been to Vegas? They start laying out cones 437 weeks before the construction starts

[@jimothyj2638]

Yea authoritarian regimes tend to be extremely good at building things fast. One man makes all the decisions. China built entire hospitals in less than a month when covid started. The question is, is it worth the cost of your freedom?

[@gAkisoferi]

In my country we will never have that type of Road. We're still fixing potholes

[@itsashrimpthang7569]

😂😂😂

[@wmatth8750]

In my country, we don't Fix Potholes; we maintain them. ..

[@somewhatinformed1208]

​@@wmatth8750 There's still hope for you remember these were built with American dollars and maybe you don't live in America?

[@WWuxian]

😂😂😂​@@wmatth8750

[@Leon-ri1tz]

It takes 5 years and 8 tries to fix a pothole

[@clebmedia]

In Australia, we have the 3 to 1 ratio. 3 road workers supervise while 1 works. As a result, projects take 4x as long and cost 4x more than projected.

[@Mindyourbusiness122]

The men who build this should never have to work again great job fellas

[@roudyman777]

That’s absolutely terrifying yet mesmerizing at the same time.

[@guaguatengteng]

there's more mesmerizing roads like this in China

[@thecanadakid7622]

lookslike one sideways crash and you are in for a deadly drop off the edge, those walls on the side of the highway don't look that durable, or tall.

[@robertcadogan7483]

I DON'T THINK I'D DRIVE IT‼️👀🤔

[@renatesperlich7266]

That would be a trigger for an heart attack, I’m so terrified of hight.

[@guaguatengteng]

@@renatesperlich7266 these video footages are copied from Chinese sites. on Chinese sites, there are many people who have been on that road and replied, it doesn't feel much difference from a regular bridge road, you don't notice the height when you're on the roads.

[@freestyle737]

Respect to the men that built that!

[@gooldog]

Whoa. We can never assume that this bridge was built by men and that it wasn't both engineered by women and built by women. 😂

[@hansontan6025]

Its built by aliens coz US doesnt have this kind of technology ... Its alien technology

[@saraswatkin9226]

Respect to all who died in its construction. Rest in peace.

[@thedevilsadvocate5210]

@@gooldog you know it wasn't built by women

[@RaphaelAshanti]

​@@gooldogOh but we can because It's A Man's world.😂

[@Ph3NiX80]

In Italy a ‘special commission’ would spend 5 (paid) years deliberating it was impossible and shut down the project

[@annajacob7981]

No surprise.

[@Mr.Cerera69]

Sorry but A22 is something. Crossed it multiple times. Highest by levitation on planet.

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

Similar comission would be established in Bosnia, we would argue for 10 years and then realize we never had money to even start it

[@alessandro7805]

Nah bro, I mean maybe with today political situation yes but I remember we got motorway like Salerno-Reggio Calabria (A2), or the Firenze-Bologna section of A1 which are much more impressive, with higher bridges and longer tunnels than this Chinese thing

[@imranlorgat8691]

😂

[@TheXiaoFamily]

I watched a TV show interviewing local villagers in this area, their lives were completely changed and improved by going out mountains easily. Very touching

[@SunGodSe]

Reptilian shapeshifters

[@dantsai5216]

Bruh that’s the one thing they can say about this project

[@KiatHuang]

​@@dantsai5216no, he's simply focusing on a very important effect on the people in the region, rather than obvious aspects which anyone can see and comment on - effectively de-isolating them and they are very happy about it.

[@darkpope6667]

Of course, they would say that since they are brainwashed by the CCP.

[@ericliume]

very true

[@KingSizeEisen]

5 Years of Building. In Germany we‘ll Need 20 only for the Paperworks

[@claude199x]

In Italy we would need 50 years, 10 prime ministers, 5 emergency budget, and it will never start

[@thetruthalwaysscary]

I see western Europe is collapsing slowly. West Germany was a super good place to live in the 70's and 80's but entire EU is being so mismanaged that is scary.

[@kahome]

We just need to wait and see how long its intact.

[@spetcnaz83]

Except in Germany when it's built, it's built with quality and it will last. Don't fall for stupid Chinese fluff propaganda. God knows how many shortcuts and bribes were taken to build this.

[@j22563]

Inform yourself about building quality in China. "Tofu houses" are no rarity. They just collaps

[@mega-hb4re]

In the US the paperwork takes 5 years and 5 years for every mile

[@mrcomptablecharlo1224]

You make me laugh 😃 😀 by saying that in the US, just the paperwork takes 5 years. Loll

[@theodioswilson7307]

I'm scared to even look at it

[@ProLab.]

That's why I hate Democracy....

[@mrcomptablecharlo1224]

@@ProLab. they are working properly

[@t.simons8313]

Overtime! Cha-ching $$

[@mouthbreatherinc5597]

This will cost a fortune to maintain. Never ending money burner

[@KennethRower]

good thing they got a unlimited supply of slave labor to tend to it

[@user-qe2hb6hk6j]

Shouldn't money be invested in improving people's lives?

[@kasikwagoma6740]

@mouthbreatherinc5597, it is their people, they want their people to benefit from economic progress and not left out. Unlike the liars in America and Europe who don't spend anything on their people and leave them to live in squalor. The homelessness, drug addictions, home seizures, lack of healthcare etc etc. What a disgraceful lot of people.

[@jayski8082]

Man, the sides on that thing don't look high enough to stop vehicles in accidents from going over the edge. _What a frightening thought!_

[@MontagTheMagician]

I hate it. All I can think of is what's gonna happen when someone breaks down there. They are screwed.

[@user-te8qy2bp9j]

They didn't make high sidewall probably because they want the passengers to be able see the scenery. There is also sidewalk for pedestrians. Unbelievable and amazing! Kudos for those Chinese engineers and construction workers!

[@MontagTheMagician]

@@user-te8qy2bp9j looks like a goddamn dystopian nightmare to me.

[@zo3997]

​@@user-te8qy2bp9jEasier to jump off too!

[@Umadbrah963]

Took five years for finish that project in China. Here in Canada, it’ll take almost 4 years just finish a simple over pass bridge.

[@ab-hx8qe]

It’ll be collapsed in 3 years.

[@double_joseph327]

Here in Arizona. It took them 4 years to upgrade this intersection LOL

[@KarthikKesiraju]

Yeah it sounds horrible for US , Canada or what ever democratic country . Because we have democracy so every now and then some or other person will file a case in court saying , land is grabbed by govt balh blah and those constructions will hal a bit and again resume and again halt for cases filed by ecological department, forestry, or you name it . Yes democracy is not perfect but that is the best governance know for mankind . So countries like China they don't have this problem which we have ,if they think to do it they can answer to no one so they can do it easily quickly

[@joselitopuzon5620]

Here in Philippines nevermind 😂

[@Christopol]

My neighborhood's Soccer Field construction project has been waiting for almost a year now. I wonder what is so hard to just put a green turf over a concrete surface? I am in NYC btw.

[@rumcajs009]

In the UK, they would spend 10 billion dollars and wouldn't even start construction. Look at the HS2 as an example.

[@devilmaycry5509]

Atleast spend 10 billion, In India from 10 billion in corruption 5-6 billion will be taken and make a project from rest of the money 😂😂

[@amlan9120]

​@@devilmaycry5509stop the D* riding.

[@randygonzalez6250]

Right when he said $3 billion, I literally said aloud "That's it!?"

[@danielkrcmar5395]

​@@devilmaycry5509 That 10 billion in the UK is spent on corruption, it's just we label it differently and hide it under different schemes.

[@logicrule]

10 billion can only build 1 mile of wall at the American border

[@jonboylanx]

Meanwhile, back in the UK they're still working out how to repair potholes

[@troyl5498]

Former Army paratrooper here. With age, I've developed great aversion to heights, strangely. Travel _this_ crazy freakin' road? _Hell, naw!_

[@Mr.Cerera69]

Agree. Imagine high wind crossing with 40ft container attached to your lorry and you been blown away.

[@misslady5029]

My sentiments exactly 😅!!!

[@julianesbro7093]

”It took 5 years to finish”. I swear in my city they cant even fill out a hole in the ground in that time

[@user-ig2cg8zb7v]

That's the truth.

[@johnathansaegal3156]

Google "Tofu-dreg" and you will understand how these are built so fast... and don't forget they use slave labor and offers no compensation to any worker who is injured or killed while building it.

[@lionessnala2000]

😂😂😂

[@edinfific2576]

Same here.

[@rbenoit1978]

How many workers died?

[@subha1818]

This road took 5 years to complete in China. A metro line in my city started when I was 18. I am now 30 and it's still going on.

[@Acti_vist82Priyesh]

Bro are you from Patna ?😅

[@politicallyincorrect2564]

One metro line in my country started in 1918 and to this day is not complete 😂😂😂

[@namvovan7165]

I don't know where ur from but in Vietnam we started an old tech Japanese metro line 10 years ago. And now it's still not completed :V

[@Nanaobi-ej7te]

😂​@@Acti_vist82Priyesh

[@trossk]

dont feel to horrible, i voted for light rail at 18, 53 now, and they expect to get the rail in the nest 5 years

[@BLOOD-LINE]

Every country should make their roads like this so that no animal get accident :)

[@adalin3255]

Y'all gotta admit, China's Engineering is is top notch globally...they are really super skilled

[@user-ns2dt3le1e]

I wouldn't make my life depend on that road lol.

[@keefjunior4061]

Are you fucking kidding me? You’ve got to be trolling.

[@justsomeguythatwantssometh9986]

​@@keefjunior4061if you really doubted them that bad, go to china. You'll never see evidence here since western media is programmed to indiscriminately hate china I also once shared the same perspective but once you visit China you'll realize how dogsht the US

[@Kahless_the_Unforgettable]

Bro, you serious? They have skyscrapers falling over all the time. Buildings that literally crumble when you touch them. Their Belt and Road projects are falling apart all over the world. We have video of all of this and more. If you think they are "Top notch", you are either a CCP agent, or you haven't been paying attention. I wouldn't go anywhere near this road. I predict a major disaster within 20 years.

[@robkit6681]

​@@keefjunior4061 Have you been to China?

[@larrybaba5635]

Guys should also keep a parachute along while driving on this road

[@raphaelsimutengu686]

I'm telling you!

[@alexconfidence2354]

😂

[@dwjoseph59]

#REAL TALK

[@dwjoseph59]

And some hiking gear too, just in case!!

[@heeramunkalleeanee4855]

😂😂😂

[@gorillacannible3198]

Nope! I’ll walk.

[@paris3315]

Amen!!

[@brandonm.100]

Exactly!! I was already saying hell no before he mentioned the 12 earthquake fault lines...Nah, I'm good.

[@ZeeLedge777]

Wait. This is the same country that allows 72 families to live atop a cliff that has next to no guardrails on the 3 to 4 mile stair climb. The villagers use each day to travel to the commercial contact below. WHY not put in the protection for these people???

[@nooodles939]

3 billion dollars? That's it? This thing would cost $250 Billion dollars and would be 5 years late for completion.

[@nuperaa6617]

Do you have slaves and cheap working force?

[@chilltrate6934]

In Finland it takes one year + to finish 1km of road on flat land. And after three years it is basically undriveable due to potholes. The old world is dead.

[@Arthurroo00]

Same here in Poland, West is colapsing, degeneracy and corruption everywhere.

[@gloryapiesie]

Same here in Ghana😅 (Africa)

[@omooba4730]

It took them only 5 years to complete it. Here in Tampa, Florida, they have been trying to expand half a mile on I-275 go almost 7 years now. China gets things done in no time.

[@jimmydedonato367]

Here on FMB Florida and it took them 10 years to finish 7 miles of straight road, and now it’s back to under construction from hurricane ian

[@ZeeLedge777]

FL has more money laundering partners to workout payments.

[@KtoPytaPL]

I prefer Florida's freedom than spectacular dictatorship in China built on Mao's mass murder...

[@Bk6346]

They have 4 times the people, lower wages and less opposition to these infrastructure projects than the USA.

[@user-gw9qv6ln3r]

Union job what u expect?

[@psalm2forliberty577]

MAD Respect for the engineering & construction workers who dreamt & built that project !

[@paulruano1903]

No!. They should gotten fired. No great engineers would sign off on such bad idea. You can see in this video so many designed flaws. That hiway will NOT last long. Its practically impossible to maintaince in any reasonable future. Its even susceptible for mudslides that will take down and pull down long intersections. And maybe even get some of the hightower constructions holding up the bridges to collapse also. So messy. But these are engineers etc that was employed by CCP to greenlight bad designs.

[@chrisulmer694]

@@paulruano1903Very well said and I couldn’t agree with you more. I live near Interstate 40 that goes between North Carolina and Tennessee. That road has always had rockslides and other catastrophic failures and it’s nowhere near the level of what this thing is designed upon. If they can’t really do what is far simpler in the United States, they’re sure as hell not going to do it in China. But a lot of this has to do with how little value the Chinese establishment puts on the lives of everyday people.

[@reginaldrutherford6468]

You meant "engineering and slave labor." China still uses slaves and concentration camps

[@Moron101]

@@paulruano1903 if it took them 5 years to build it what makes you think that they can’t maintain it?

[@paulruano1903]

@Moron101 your "logic" makes 0 sense. Performing/producing pure shit quality usually takes a lot less time. Doing very poor groundwork, bad analyze, etc reduces times (if you go through and just deliver that shit quality... instead of pausing up to actually adress weaknesses and errors). Because shortcuts often have a tendency to have very bad ripple effects in the long run.

[@markduval6936]

My prayers and love goes to the men who work so hard to put this road together 🙏❤😢

[@masonballard-ir3mi]

One thing about a bridge is all you have to do is go off it and well…

[@nigelvee1745]

Here in South Africa they would announce the project, issue the tenders, it will start, money will go missing, they will try again with new contractors, money will go missing again. 2.5 Billion of that 3 Billion will disappear. They will have a 6 month commission of enquiry spending more money, but at the end nobody will be held accountable.

[@kimnoon8365]

Omg I'm from Algeria and man the elementary school they promised us isn't finished yet This is my 3rd year of University

[@aravindan07ec04]

Sounds exactly like India 😂

[@2mYgR]

Yeah, well look who is running south africa now. Those people aren't exactly the smartest.

[@erickitsao1111]

Are you talking about Kenya? Please just be clear ,what you have said here is exactly the situation in kenya

[@ikke2757]

That's the same game they play all over the World! From East to West and North to South! Politicians are just Evil.

[@JohnHancock-vu4nd]

3 billion! In Scotland they built a new bridge across the Forth River. It's not even 3km long and it cost 1.5 billion madness!

[@shadowbanned5164]

The bridge actually cost 300 million the other 1.2 billion was from them constantly repainting it because they couldn't agree on the color.

[@skiendhiu]

​@@shadowbanned5164tartan paint isn t cheap,, and takes time to apply..

[@James-on8is]

😂😂

[@The-Heart-Will-Testify]

Politicians take the rest so they can support Zionism

[@RainFoRestForever]

Because you paying employees in Scotland. 🤣

[@shuangquanzhao2950]

3 billion USD, some countries build bridges, some throws $$$ in wars.

[@hero.ambition]

thats why murica is jelous of china

[@DavidKnowles0]

In the UK we would spend 40 years planning it construction, an then wonder why it costing 10 times more than originally plan.

[@architecture.w]

I would not trust that bridge.

[@logicrule]

U probably will never be smart enough to build one either

[@logicrule]

@jasonpoland7671 ironically there are more bridge collapse in the US than in China despite thr huge population... so u don't trust the US too?

[@logicrule]

@@jasonpoland7671 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridge_failures

[@imikokodama3054]

I imagine there’s strict inspections of the bridge. I wouldn’t ride on that because I’m afraid of heights, not because I think there’s anything wrong with the bridge. China has some brave and talented construction workers.

[@logicrule]

@jasonpoland7671 there are more bridge collapse in the US for the record

[@Chazz75]

In Montreal it cost 4 billions for a bridge just to cross the Saint-Laurence River. 😅

[@ryanfeeley8945]

To be fair, that bridge will probably last longer.

[@CAMAROZ28STAN]

Waste of money

[@davmatheophilus159]

Chinese construction projects are very problematic, big projects collapse frequently. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnvRZGiDibB2hLssi=ac8Po2p9UMtpvcMI

[@timmacsweet131]

That’s because the signs cost double to read St Lawrence and Saint-Laurence.

[@gerrybailey447]

It always costs more when you have to pay for labour.

[@chrisulmer694]

I live close to the Interstate 40 that travels through the Smokey Mountains between North Carolina and Tennessee. Because that road constantly has rock slides and other catastrophic failures, I’d say that this road is going to be an absolute nightmare.

[@martentrudeau6948]

I think you are right and time will tell. There are many sky high piers and one pier that gets damaged from a rock slide, then the whole thing is useless.

[@user-lp6xn6jl8w]

This is breathtaking and almost unreal.

[@donbaldivino2199]

The engineer who doing this plan. Salute to him.

[@anandmaurya8479]

Thanks man! I barely get recognition for it

[@user-kx6ev8op1x]

@@anandmaurya8479😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abuyeenate1682]

💯% agreed

[@vv7299]

Yeah, that one guy, where we would be without him

[@robbyrigoni2940]

F that. Think of the contractor that built that

[@northseawolf]

I'd love to spend a couple of years driving around China checking out all the engineering marvels of the past 25 years...

[@hootowl6354]

As long as you don't have to pay to maintain them.

[@paulruano1903]

You can visit several ghost cities where less than 10 yr old highrise residental buildings are crumbling allready. Can even find some in rural part of the bigger cities. But the glassfloor pedestrianbridge in the mountain is either still offline or fixed after the destined to happend real cracks. And the hanging-oedestrian bridge in the mountaibs ended up flipping upside down... as if was in a horrormovie. Thankfully people were securely fastened with ropes... or that would been a mass-killing event. Beautifull to watch these construction marvels on tv and drones. But NEVER would i voluntarly take a lotteryticket of a chance to get killed in these poorly designed deathtraps.

[@maronlee6152]

​@@paulruano1903 这是你想象的中国，真实的中国远远比你想象的好一百倍

[@s00p3rman]

All the engineering marvels were ripped off from other countries. Everything is just a cheap knockoff.

[@hootowl6354]

@@s00p3rman I don't know about Chinese projects, but in the Middle East and elsewhere, the ones designing many of these amazing projects are from the west. Russia is another interesting place. Their oil production and refining would be a small fraction of what it is without help from American and European oil companies. And with the war, it's falling apart due to lack of maintenance and parts.

[@eleshawashington4918]

These small built humans are some of the most Brave fearless and intelligent on earth it turns out...meditation and patience may have played a part in this.

[@opencase9903]

Small built humans?😂😂😂😂

[@insanelywicked873]

Only 3 billion dollars because the workers didn't get paid shit

[@soonny002]

Never doubt the descendants of those who built the great wall. EDIT: Oh and I forgot to mention. These kind of projects are only possible with authoritarian rule. Democratic countries will argue till the cows come home over building a new bicycle lane.

[@jlp7184]

You got that right.

[@AnthonyMcTigue]

YES

[@sy-rutto5614]

That’s right. A lot of backwards

[@AlecMarie1]

Idk about you guys, but doing things under threat of imprisonment, death, or both is my preferred way of living.

[@RSAgility]

That's good. Democracy is good. Even if it takes time.. Dictatorship bad. Fascists bad. Even if things get "done quickly" ... I get it, you think you can have YOUR dictator doing things YOU want, but that's not how dictators work. In comes a "leader" who stands firm on his beliefs, and no one can tell them otherwise, he's got his mind made up and his morals set" Sounds good? It isn't. You're asking for a leader, who doesn't listen, who can't be reasoned with, unreasonable, who has his mind made up and doesn't listen to anyone, and you think that dictator is going to listen to you because you think he's on "your side" No. It's gotta be a mental disorder to believe a dictatorship is good...

[@michaelsparks350]

I have to admit, it's one heck of a project.

[@jimschaffer8921]

Destin for numerous landslides, earthquakes damage,and denial that damage ever happens…. FCCP

[@CampLife-pl7ez]

​@@jimschaffer8921muhhh gunnnsss!

[@DAZZYBOY]

And in only 5 years, 👌

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Wait till they have a tremor

[@thatsreality5184]

3.billion U.S DOLLARS. NOT CHINESE.

[@StarrdigitalProductions]

Much respect to those who are willing to drive on that and even more respect to those who built it. I could never!

[@dores34]

Would take 27 years in CA. to complete half of that. And 1 of the 2 lanes on each side would be FastTrack(pay lane).

[@vaskoalexander350]

In California we have a bullet train that cost $22 billion…and there is ZERO rail installed.

[@airnidzo]

Wait what?!

[@vaskoalexander350]

@@airnidzo yup. Look it up. It is the very definition of corruption and wasteful spending in this state….or any state.

[@GypsyEncounters]

"infrastructure corruption"

[@israel4ever487]

Question: How much human shIt do they have to clean up on a daily basis in the train terminal?

[@miapup1012]

Newsome is almost a billionaire,isn’t he?😂

[@genossewurzelkobold3141]

Just five years? Over here in Germany it takes about six years to fix a street.😂

[@birdflukfc]

China has no inspectors in the construction industry they use the cheapest materials with no care I'm sure you seen the buildings falling over contractors using glass instead of gravel 😂 you can ride that bridge all you want

[@lx051225]

I have heard a story before. It took the Germans 2 years to build a bridge. Then it can be used for 100 years. The Chinese built a bridge in 2 months. Then repairs started 2 months later. I remember not long ago, someone sent a photo. On a river in China, there is a bridge built 1,000 years ago, and next to it is a bridge built 10 years ago. After a flood, the bridge built 1,000 years ago is still there. The bridge built 10 years ago has only the piers left.

[@ddpp9954]

This bridge shows the corruptions and dictatorships of ccp regime. On the contrary, the potholes on our broken roads repersents the freedom and democracy of another institutionalism.

[@HogMan2022]

👍🙋🇺🇲

[@alanhannah5113]

Really??? GERMANY!!LOL.i don't think so..German engineering is the way

[@spiralsun1]

Wow. 5000 years and the Chinese still never shy away from those massively huge and awesome construction projects 😳❤️‍🔥👁️

[@kdd3925]

That looks terrifying. I wouldn’t be going anywhere on that

[@vividvideos6087]

In Canada it makes 15 years to renovate a train station and 10yrs to build a street car line on flat ground

[@johnnunes2993]

They are still working on a subway line that should have been completed 4 years ago.

[@phdat]

They are more communist than China. Their bureaucracy is the worst

[@rutegerd]

They built the Coquihalla Highway in 2 years. That is a mind blowing piece of highway. The fact they did it that fast is unreal. It has taken longer to repair a small portion of the highway from flood damage than it took them to build the entire thing! We did have great construction. Now we can't even fix the highway that we built.

[@FakeMoonRocks]

The priority was to get the station infrastructure installed, to serve as homeless shelters.

[@ronstickley8284]

Panjabis will get your job done mate

[@MukeshPathak-dxb]

This is nothing short of 8th wonder of the world! Hats off to the engineers and workers.

[@carlajordon4540]

I pray the workers are still on earth with us, because just looking at this I just can't Imagine men DOING this, SIMPLE GENUINELY GENIUS.

[@burgosfitness8014]

As a civil engineer, mean the amount of Geological studies in order to know the load capability of the soil, of every brought, and then all the calculus in order to know the amount of concrete, steel, and all those things, with such very different soil, along the whole road, the structural engineers who calculate that had my absolute respect

[@lilcircle4267]

So, in case of an accident you literally see the death before you die.

[@WhiteZorin]

I was wondering - we have 3 lanes of high ways (ok, here it is called express way, maybe that is different type). The 3rd is used for broken cars or emergencies. Here I dont see it in some shots. Also, when shit happens in fog, ppl are jumping over the barriesrs to the grass/forest so that next cars dont smash into them. Here you have nowhere to go.. except down.

[@noname-zm9ok]

Without transportation, you will die of poverty caused by the regional economic backwardness before you have an accident.

[@deanwinchester6654]

5 years to build that, here in Canada we can't get a flat road built in that time.

[@krwd]

remember this country you are praising doesn't give a crap about your safety, keep that in mind and they would not allow you to know how many died building it either 🤔

[@schmumu]

In the US, all the workers stand around drinking coffee while leaning on their shovels. Whilst getting union wages at that.

[@attacker21]

Ask Xi and he will built in less than 1 month.

[@AB..__..]

In Canada, nobody would die building it, it's still in use years later, chunks of it did not fall apart and sink into the earth, its cost was on or under budget, and nobody was jailed for exposing some scandal involved in its construction. Don't be impressed by projects like this in china. They never are as described by the ccp. A typical reality is years later it will be revealed that nobody actually drives on this road.

[@happyfisherman4432]

excuse me big fella but I live in British Columbia and we built the Coquihalla highway from hope to kamloops in 20 months.. straight up and over the cascade mountain range..its the highway with the fastest speed limit in Canada too.

[@mr.emoj1]

How far has humanity come.

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

The real heroes are the people plying those routes. Their faith can move mountains.

[@muhammadahmeraamer3788]

I have driven on this highway.. and it is as amazing and beautiful it can get .. truly a man made miracle.. longest tunnel i drove through was 27 kms long

[@BillY-tw8xc]

Also travelling China's high-speed rail is incredible when you see how many tunnels you go through and the mountains you pass.

[@green_building]

Is it safe driving on the yaxi Expressway

[@green_building]

@@TheReaICowfish 😄

[@iRossco]

Having visited China I came away feeling that they think up the most difficult projects they can then go and complete them. The more insanly challenging the better!

[@ZeeLedge777]

Until the earthquake or mudslide..

[@feminazislayer]

Yeah and the united states payed for it

[@cultofpersonality2002]

​@@feminazislayerJoe Biden paid for it

[@DTis5150]

@@feminazislayer No we didn't, he meant the equivalent of 3B us because yen wouldn't compute

[@paulruano1903]

Yes its for SHOW. Part of CCP grand PR. But allready several of them have undergone major failures/accidents. The glassfloor pedestrian bridge. The hanging-pedestrian bridge. Highrise residential buildings that allready crumbles after less than 10 years. Its often pyramideschemes with flipping investment derivates, since they can not actually invest abroad. But the build quality is bad. And the grand projects are grand, but designed flawed. The maintance cost and maintenance obligations makes example that highriad in this video impossible to maintain in practical terms. It will crumble.

[@keptchanbo]

It took 5 years. Here in Dallas Texas it take nearly 15 years for them to begin closing the old highways!

[@backstabba]

Czech Republic would take 5 centuries. We started building an expressway with Austria. They finished their end at the borders almost a decade ago, its unclear when our part will be done and if at all.

[@jamesdeclan7538]

This would take 15 years, 47 billion dollars, 7 construction deaths, and 3 contractor frauds in the USA.

[@Jay-eb7ik]

You think the chinese don't scam in china? I can list about 1000 cases.

[@williamv680]

all of congress will leave billionaires as well during the span of this construction

[@Ramxie35]

@@Jay-eb7iku act like it doesn’t exist in the USA either

[@wbanks3749]

And they still wouldn't finish it. 😮 I thought I understood him to say "with the investment of 3 Billion dollars"??? What the Hell!

[@Jay-eb7ik]

@@Ramxie35 I do not act like anything, it happens every where.

[@markdagostino9666]

No one realizes just what it took to engineer this, the piling, the bridge piers, the ironwork, the materials and decking…breathtaking!

[@tacomafish12]

All of that Chinesium! Its the safest road, up to code, for sure!

[@ssa6227]

Oh we do. It's so unreal.

[@kennys9644]

@@tacomafish12😂😂😂

[@Villa4life2024]

Obviously people knew it took a lot he literally said it in the video

[@frankirwin5684]

It’s breathtaking

[@iamnegan1515]

My God, that's beautiful. A work of art.

[@laken1804]

God Bless the engineers and workers who made this possible. It is a marvel.

[@nicolasarrighi5539]

I don't know about safety, but it's amazing!

[@runemidgard938]

id love to go through this highway. the view must be super beautiful

[@plasmaastronaut]

it is doomed. The ground is unstable in many places.

[@damianchine8220]

Drive safely, don't drive drunk, especially not on this road because if you do, you may not live to tell the story.

[@terryerickson1403]

That can be said for any road bozo

[@Wisdomlies]

Amen, good advice, thank you for sharing ❤

[@youcanfuckmybitch190]

Drunk driver's never die, its the sober one's do.

[@carlajordon4540]

15 years and they are still doing construction from GEORGIA TO FLORIDA, AND PART OF NE TO THE SOUTH, not to mention inside NEW YORK .

[@troyl5498]

The testimony and the witness I needed.

[@newtoncooper4085]

New Jersey DOT takes 5 years to put up erosion fences and scatter dirtpiles. There are literally large trees growing on these piles. NJDOT workers are really good at leaning up against the beds of their pickups all day with coffee, complaining how their obscene wages and benefits aren't enough.

[@diego2817]

One thing is for sure, Chinese infrastructure is not reliable and this has been proof multiple times.

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

In CA it onky takes 1 and a half years to tear down and rebuild a freeway bridge

[@palatialslumlord4938]

​@@Intrusive_Thought176Lol, where?

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

@@palatialslumlord4938 In socal on the 405 freeway

[@newtoncooper4085]

@@palatialslumlord4938 The 'Direct Connect' project, I-295 & N.J. 42., 10 years so far.

[@user-im9xq7fp5r]

tow truck driver : Sorry, i still couldn't find you , did you say you guys are between the 3rd and 6th moutains next the 5th canyon ??

[@sportsinjuries6593]

China is not for easy people... been there and respect that...

[@gheelaw7153]

In Singapore, the same old road will be re dig re laid and re contruct and the whole process repeat after 1 to 2 years, dig, lay, re contruct. Within few kms, you will see road works road works road works...

[@wumbowoody436]

Here every construction zone I see 1 person working a digger, and 29 guys standing there watching him.

[@MsGao-rf2ox]

😂😂😂

[@Kel-Sang]

As an civil engineer i would say it's absolutely amazing and beautiful, but whenever we build bridges and roads we build it for 20+ years and those gravity defying roads and steel structures are hard to maintain. Feels almost as if it's temporary structure with the information provided but depending on the material and visiting the site, only then can b said for sure. My dream is to visit China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia for their marvelous architecture and structure design.

[@nicholash8021]

Don't dream. Make it happen. I recommend Japan from your list. My favorite place in the world is Croatia and you'll find an incredible network of tunnels, especially from Dubrovnik going up the cost. Have a look at images of the Pelješac Bridge which is just stunning, I take my kids every summer.

[@meowmeowcat6013]

Malaysia? For?

[@FSUOSU25]

​@@nicholash8021That bridge you mentioned was completed in 2022. I just looked it up. It's beautiful.

[@nicholash8021]

@@FSUOSU25 Yes I remember and couldn't wait until it was finished. My kids were so excited to cross it for the first time. It's just crazy when you see the gap that it covers. I know there are bigger ones, but for a small country, this is huge.

[@GreenOrchid9]

Amazing 👏 🙀

[@UzumakiNaruto_]

Here in Toronto, Canada our construction companies are struggling to build a 19km LRT that's taken 14 YEARS and 13 BILLION to build AND IT STILL HASN'T OPENED because of various issues they're still solving. Also the city is spending several billion dollars and at least 3 years just to renovate part of the Gardiner Expressway that runs through downtown. It makes me angry that in other parts of the world they can get so much done in a relative short period time in an efficient manner and then you have corrupt, inept construction companies in Canada that take forever to get anything done.

[@JakeSilvester]

Took only 5 years, HS2 in England never to be finished😂

[@nouyilee4977]

They built it so that people living in rural have a chance to be connected. Better roads, better opportunities, accessible to better education, healthcare and business.

[@Ukacip]

And were do the by pass that high lol

[@alleny2971]

They built it so they could brag about it. It doesn’t seem practical at all

[@macman1469]

This what happens when you build for the people and NOT for the profits .

[@Harrys.Truman-fanpage]

Or more so that the government can be connected with the villages.

[@hypernanox9002]

But they have a lot of ghost city. 😅

[@susie23621]

Here we can’t even fill all the potholes 😅

[@eeriestare48]

FIVE YEARS??? in raleigh, a widening project for I-40 started in 2018 and still isn't fully complete in May 2024

[@anamrake]

Amazing and scary. The supporting structure seems pretty thin for the 12 earthquake fault zones mentioned., but if that is already considered, that is amazing engineering feat. It looks like there is no exit until the end of the expressway. Hopefully they have rest spots along the side. And hopefully no one tries to play fast and furious there.

[@richardwashington8083]

As a trucker driver for nearly 40yrs i would paid to drive on that road

[@bkmc0340]

If you’re an American - you actually already paid for it! Now to ride it remains to be seen!

[@proximityzero9100]

Damn yes

[@ogokeuche4856]

Rip to those who lost their lives during this construction, you will always be heroes.

[@john2nite528]

33 deaths

[@andistheinforitbutso7513]

​@@john2nite528only. In one school shooting there are more casualties

[@john2nite528]

@@andistheinforitbutso7513 there could be more deaths. We know China is not a democratic country. Their mainstream media are very tightly controlled. Even online usage is under control.

[@sweatybotfn9982]

There were only 33 deaths. In comparison, this bridge is about 5 times as long as the Golden Gate Bridge and only barely three times the casualties

[@weatherwings]

The casual way we are talking about deaths. @@sweatybotfn9982

[@user-ix7jx6jt3h]

These are the folks that build the great wall, a wonder of the world that can be seen from outer space, so, these humans know how to play and get it done. Amazing 🤩

[@schorsch1337]

In Germany they will need 100 years to get the allowance for this. And maybe the costs would be 40 billion

[@wbgsci]

In US double the time and cost of that.

[@ThatswhatIthought2]

Yes, but it also wouldn't fall over

[@wbgsci]

@@ThatswhatIthought2 Yes because it never gets done

[@leechiehchien1343]

In China, there is no such thing as risk assessment. If the CCP wants it, it better be done, now. If it’s not done, people disappear

[@FellaHAILIRA]

​@@ThatswhatIthought2 have you driven their car? What about the public aquarium burst in 2021/2022?

[@danieltrujillo7583]

Leave it to the Chinese to build a highway a mile off the ground

[@anthonyjarvis9472]

dont worry within 2 years it will be ground level thats for sure.

[@danymate2000]

Highway to heaven😊😊

[@gregorydelienne8508]

​@@anthonyjarvis9472keep telling yourself that. Making fun of them while they are becoming stronger. They the bud of jokes for décades and now they are number 2 on the planet.

[@thekatocat]

Mal investment; anything to feed the unsustainable growth model of china

[@thekatocat]

Almost a bridge to nowhere

[@markwaters7760]

In the Pacific Northwest, we spent a half a Billion dollars on a bridge over the Columbia that was never built. Revisions they said.

[@joelharris6266]

Bump driving on that. I still get spooked on I-285 in Atlanta

[@savagesteve5894]

In US that same bridge would take 50 years to build 80% completed, cost $70B, +500 lawsuits filed, and still wouldn't be finished

[@KyleRuggles]

At least it would be safe, come back in a year, let's see where this bridge is by then.

[@georgemavrides3434]

Oh oh... yankee superiority complex alert! It's been operational for a decade already.

[@KyleRuggles]

It goes for all countries, really. China has their propaganda, the US has theirs and they influence their citizens just the same. Btw, I despise the USA. @@georgemavrides3434

[@genghissu1185]

Sour grapes! you so Butt Hurt!ever thought of a Career with the N.E.D? I hear they are looking for more Chumps!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣@@KyleRuggles

[@bel0101]

​@KyleRuggles safe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 living in illusion. Go out and see the world .. ah forget, you do 't have enough money in usa to travell and see the world 😂😂😂😂 you can't even pay a doctor or have decent meals 😂😂😂😂

[@alexdo3838]

In my opinion, the maintenance cost will be way higher than the construction cost.

[@just_my_point5678]

That's what the toll charges are for

[@robust5615]

how many for the toll ?​@@just_my_point5678

[@DonJuanzito]

Only 3b? I'm impressed

[@joelwillems4081]

Especially with shoddy Chinese construction practices.

[@rygyouwill5293]

​@@joelwillems4081 not as shoddy as American mic

[@awaahsimon5259]

Chinese have no fear of heights. I wouldn't drive on that

[@Smitywerban]

Yeah...as someone in the studying construction engineering right now im terrified at the mere thought of the calculations that went into this thing.

[@hughesmentor3043]

The Tobin bridge in Boston took 17 yrs. It's only 2 miles long.

[@andrecheats]

I drive it everyday, it's a pos lol

[@jimcapp5077]

That should have never been built unless you like eminent domain. Cui bono.

[@me-ds2il]

I wouldn't take this..All that distance w/o shoulders nor rest stops. This is why people that can afford it have private planes

[@heybabe8438]

​​@@jimcapp5077just like the Green Line extension in Somerville where the trains couldn't run on the tracks

[@joeawk]

​@@me-ds2ilit is to serve the minority community. It will never be built by any other government. That's the greatness of the Communist Party of China, serving all irrespective of race or religious beliefs.

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

For those wondering, it is this way because this is an extremely rugged and mountainous region of China. Yet, people live there, so an expressway is needed to link populated areas and cities. It is basically for the same reason why Norway also had to perform some of the most stunning feats of engineering to link its cities.

[@chancebaker2933]

Great, knowing how well they handle regulations and safety I just know nothing bad will ever ever ever happen with this

[@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zo]

I worked on a section of that project (Yichang to Badong). I believe the whole project took more than 5 years, but it was completed very fast relative to how difficult the environment is

[@kanenas3]

Ok, I had to google it to believe it... And I am into highway building for a living... Congrats to the people that worked on this Project!

[@hmpp7013]

Here in Canada, they took 4 years to build a underpass. Then they spent millions and millions to renovate BUS STOPS.

[@ADF366]

One intersection here takes 6 months to a year on average. Just zero accountability

[@BillY-tw8xc]

Here in the UK is a disaster too! Funny how quick they can produce and send weapons abroad tho!!!

[@EB-jf5oi]

That's why you don't have bridges collapsing and all kinds of infrastructure disasters. The building is regulated and regularly checked out at regular stages.

[@abhishekm3752]

it's still not built 😂

[@kelvinosas6518]

​@@EB-jf5oiu really think bridges don't fall in western countries?😂😂😂😂😂

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

I remember being in Chongqing and amazed at the the highways. When I left they were starting to hand did a subway tunnel in fuzhou city

[@MN-wv9en]

Ahhhhh, that old chestnut....... "According to experts"!!!! 😂😂

[@johnnyamerica4336]

Absolutely amazing engineering accomplishment !!