Tsing Ma Bridge

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Tsing Ma Bridge

青馬大橋
Tsing Ma Bridge 2.jpg
View from Tsing Yi
Coordinates 22°21′05″N114°04′27″E / 22.35139°N 114.07417°E / 22.35139; 114.07417
CarriesTrains, motor vehicles
Crosses Ma Wan Channel
Locale New Territories, Hong Kong
Owner Hong Kong Government
Maintained byTIML MOM Limited
(under contract to Highways Department)
Characteristics
Design Double-decked suspension bridge
Width41 metres (135 ft)
Longest span1,377 metres (4,518 ft)
Clearance below 53 metres (174 ft) (official shipping height restriction) [1]
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 byAnglo Japanese Construction Joint Venture
Fabrication by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Construction startMay 1992;33 years ago (1992-05)
Construction endMay 1997;28 years ago (1997-05)
Construction costHK$7.14 billion
Opened22 May 1997;28 years ago (1997-05-22)
Inaugurated27 April 1997;28 years ago (1997-04-27)
Statistics
Daily traffic 87,764 (2016) [2] (Lantau Link)
TollNo (Since 27 December 2020)
Location
Tsing Ma Bridge
Interactive map of Tsing Ma Bridge
  1. 1 2 Heaver, Stuart (17 June 2017). "Tsing Ma Bridge height debacle costing Hong Kong billions". South China Morning Post.
  2. ↑ "Section 4: Road Tunnels and Control Areas". 2017 Annual Transport Digest. Transport Department.
  3. ↑ "10 Tallest Bridges in the World | Top Weird, Odd and Cool lists". Weirdly Odd. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Evaluation of typhoon induced fatigue damage for Tsing Ma Bridge Archived 26 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 "Work starts on Tsing Ma contract". South China Morning Post. 28 May 1992. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Davis, Chris (22 May 1997). "Engineering marvel becomes territory's latest landmark". South China Morning Post. p. 1.
  7. 1 2 3 "Gammon begins bridge under the water". South China Morning Post. 30 July 1992. p. 26.
  8. 1 2 Wallis, Keith (25 October 1994). "Tsing Ma milestone reached". South China Morning Post. p. 4.
  9. ↑ Metcalfe, Tim (29 April 1997). "Kvaerner's expertise in building spans the years". South China Morning Post. p. 25.
  10. 1 2 "Security tight for Thatcher's bridge opening". South China Morning Post. 27 April 1997. p. 4.
  11. 1 2 3 Delfino, Brendan (28 April 1997). "Territory's new gateway opens in spectacular style". South China Morning Post. p. 1.
  12. ↑ Wallen, David; Lo, Alex (30 April 1997). "Firework harmony hopes up in smoke". South China Morning Post. p. 3.
  13. 1 2 3 Lee, Stella (29 April 1997). "Spotlight on crowd control for handover". South China Morning Post.
  14. ↑ Flint, John (17 April 1997). "Lantau link fireworks not for the faint-hearted". South China Morning Post. p. 5.
  15. ↑ Lo, Alex (26 April 1997). "Long march home faces fireworks fans". South China Morning Post. p. 5.
  16. 1 2 Delfino, Brendan (23 May 1997). "Woman injured as hundreds cross link". South China Morning Post. p. 4.
  17. 1 2 3 Flint, John; Lo, Clifford (24 May 1997). "Police issue warning after crash on Link". South China Morning Post. p. 4.
  18. ↑ "Parsons Brinckerhoff: Tsing Ma Control Area, Traffic Control and Surveillance System". Pbworld.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  19. ↑ "Surveillance cameras of Transportation Department". Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2004.
  20. ↑ "plaza". Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  21. ↑ Clarke, Rachel (25 October 1997). "Construction 'Oscars' go to Tsing Ma span". South China Morning Post. p. 4.
  22. 1 2 "New bridge a dream come true". South China Morning Post. 28 May 1992. p. 35.
  23. ↑ "Tsing Ma Bridge". Cityu.edu.hk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  24. ↑ "Tsing Ma Bridge Anchorages, Hong Kong". Geo-Design. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  25. ↑ "Tuen Mun Road Traffic Incident – The Use of Vehicular Parapets and Proposed Way Forward" (PDF). Legislative Council Panel on Transport. 16 July 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022.
  26. ↑ "'Gateway to China' plan moves ahead". South China Morning Post. 27 November 1992. p. 62.

Further reading

  • Y. L. Xu, J. M. Ko and Z. Yu. "Modal analysis of tower-cable system of Tsing Ma long suspension bridge". Engineering Structures. Volume 19, Issue 10, October 1997, pp. 857–867.

22°21′05″N114°04′27″E / 22.35139°N 114.07417°E / 22.35139; 114.07417

Tsing Ma Bridge
Traditional Chinese 青馬大橋
Simplified Chinese 青马大桥
Literal meaning Tsing Yi-Ma Wan Great Bridge
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Qīngmǎ Dàqiáo
Hakka
Romanization Ciang1 ma1 tai4 kiau2
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Ching1 ma5 daai6 kiu4
Jyutping Cing1 maa5 daai6 kiu4
Preceded by
Nam Wan Tunnel 		Hong Kong Route 8
HK Route8.svg
Tsing Ma Bridge		Succeeded by
Ma Wan Viaduct
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