China-Maldives Friendship Bridge was
recently opened for traffic. It is first cross-sea bridge to be built in
Maldives. It was China’s flagship infrastructure project in Maldives. It is
considered as iconic project of China and Maldives cooperation towards building
21st Century Maritime Silk Road
China-Maldives Friendship Bridge It is
2.2 km long bridge and has four vehicle lanes and two pedestrian lanes. It
connects Maldives capital city Male and neighboring Hulhule Island where island
country’s main international airport is located. It will allow locals and
tourists to transfer between the two islands on land within five minutes. The
bridge was built with Chinese grant of $116 million. Apart from the grant,
China also had provided $72 million as loan for 1.4 km Section Bridge as top up
to the grant.v
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