Tsing Ma Bridge
Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's 16th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at time of completion. The bridge was named after the two islands it connects, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type. The bridge has a main span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft). The span is the longest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.
Tsing Ma Bridge 青馬大橋 | |
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View from Tsing Yi | |
| Coordinates | 22°21′05″N 114°04′27″E |
| Carries | Trains, motor vehicles |
| Crosses | Ma Wan Channel |
| Locale | New Territories, Hong Kong |
| Owner | Hong Kong Government |
| Maintained by | TIML MOM Limited (under contract to Highways Department) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Double-decked suspension bridge |
| Width | 41 metres (135 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) |
| Clearance below | 53 metres (174 ft) (official shipping height restriction) |
| No. of lanes | 6 (upper deck), 2 (lower deck) |
| Rail characteristics | |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| Track gauge | 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) |
| Electrified | 1.5 kV DC |
| History | |
| Designer | Mott MacDonald |
| Constructed by | Anglo Japanese Construction Joint Venture |
| Construction start | May 1992 |
| Construction end | May 1997 |
| Construction cost | HK$7.14 billion |
| Opened | 22 May 1997 |
| Inaugurated | 27 April 1997 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 87,764 (2016) (Lantau Link) |
| Toll | No (Since 27 December 2020) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 青馬大橋 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 青马大桥 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Tsing Yi-Ma Wan Great Bridge | ||||||||||||||||
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The 41-metre-wide (135 ft) bridge deck carries six lanes of automobile traffic, with three lanes in each direction. The lower level contains two rail tracks and two sheltered carriageways used for maintenance access and traffic lanes when particularly severe typhoons strike Hong Kong and the bridge deck is closed to traffic.