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I do not know enough about the local situation to comment on possible corruption. I do know that it is a false statement by the Chinese government, and repeated by international media, that this is the longest continuous sea span. That assumes Lake Pontchartrain is a lake. It is not a lake, despite the name. I live on the Northshore and sail on Lake Pontchartrain regularly. It is a bay, with direct, unimpeded flow of water in and out of the Gulf of Mexico. The European who gave it the name "Lake Pontchartrain" didn't check for salinity! The fish in the lake are saltwater variety. The rivers and bayous that feed into it are freshwater, and do lower the salinity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.156.93.159 (talk) 13:35, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Lake Pontchartrain is a salt-water "brackish" lake, having connections to the sea does not change the fact that it is still a lake, surrounded by land on all 4 sides.. Hangzhou Bay is part of the East China Sea.


[edit] bridge complete

The controversy part of this article lacks references. I just came back from Cixi, Ningbo, and did not hear any criticism from the local residents. Actually people in Cixi City, Ningbo City and other neighboring areas are expecting big economy boom after the completion of the bridge. --Qing

The people in Haiyan I spoke to lately on the north side of the brighe are extremely proud of it too. The text is almost identical with Lupu Bridge and is political and biased with no sources. I think it should be deleted. --Bollweevil 11:09, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

the brigde construction is now complete. --Rsrikanth05 12:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

... and it has finally been opened to public traffic :) --bonzi (talk) 18:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

--Besides the biases not in favor of the bridge, many of these claims are without quotes and unfounded. I also noticed immedietly that the controversy section is larger than any of the other sections. mm if you would like to watch a video on the production and many of the amazing things I've watched as well, go to said link --> http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/12086157-1265992895.html The site is chinese, although there are voice-overs and the narration is done is english. It tells of how the construction was done, and well as the amazing technology engineered especially for this project. enjoy ^^ Winderful1 (talk) 01:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)