Moscow: Russia inaugurated the world’s longest multi-billion cable bridge with the length of 1,104 metres (3,622 feet).
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev opened the link from Vladivostok to Russky Island during a personal spot-check of preparations for hosting September’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, AFP reported.
“Everything that we have been doing here in recent years is obviously linked to the summit,” Medvedev said in televised remarks from the Far East.
“But we are not doing it for the summit. We are doing it for you — for those who live here.”
Russia is spending $20 billion (16 billion euros) in pursuit of its Soviet-era dream of turning the port into a Russian version of San Francisco to attract massive investment and rival China’s growing dominance.
The title of world’s longest cable-stayed bridge had previously been held by Sutong Bridge that spans the Yangtze River in China.
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