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 | Shanghai Lupu Bridge: Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, of Houston Rockets, center, runs with about 1,000 runners through the brand-new Lupu Bridge, the world's longest steel arch, being built over the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, Saturday, June 28, 2003 as part of opening ceremony of the bridge. The main section of the 3,900-meter-long (13,000-foot-long) record-breaking arch bridge is 750 meters (2500 feet) in length and 28.7 meters (95.7 feet) in width with six lanes. The bridge is opened to traffic on Saturday. click to open  |  | Shanghai Lupu Bridge: Vehicles pass along the newly opened Lupu Bridge across Huangpu River in Shanghai June 28, 2003. China opened what it says is the world's longest steel-arch bridge at a ceremony in the commercial capital Shanghai on Saturday. The bridge whose 550-metre (1,800-ft) arch is longer than the previous record holder, the 518-metre long New River Gorge Bridge in the U.S. state of West Virginia, state media said. The 2.5 billion yuan ($302 million), 3.9-km (2.4-mile) Lupu Bridge was inaugurated by Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who led about 1,000 people in a fun run across the structure to mark the event. click to open |  | Shanghai Lupu Bridge: Vehicles pass along the newly opened Lupu Bridge across Huangpu River in Shanghai June 28, 2003. China opened what it says is the world's longest steel-arch bridge at a ceremony in the commercial capital Shanghai on Saturday. The bridge whose 550-metre (1,800-ft) arch is longer than the previous record holder, the 518-metre long New River Gorge Bridge in the U.S. state of West Virginia, state media said. The 2.5 billion yuan ($302 million), 3.9-km (2.4-mile) Lupu Bridge was inaugurated by Chinese basketball star Yao Ming, who led about 1,000 people in a fun run across the structure to mark the event. click to open |
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