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Cross Bay Link

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scenery of Tseung Kwan O. It is the first time that a cycle track is provided on a marine viaduct in Hong Kong, and with the bridge's completion, a 5 km (3.1 mi) loop cycleway encircling Junk Bay is formed. While the bridge is designed to withstand typhoons with wind speeds up to 320 km per hour, pedestrians and cyclists would be barred from accessing the bridge when the wind speed reaches 40 km/h.
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steel bridge section in its middle. With a length of 200 m and a weight of 10,000 tonnes, the main span is the longest and heaviest steel arch bridge in Hong Kong. The main span has a maximum clearance of 160 m (520 ft) in width by 17 m (56 ft) in height. The remaining sections of
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The bridge's deck, 34 m (112 ft) in width, carries (from north to south) a footpath, a cycle track, and the eastbound and westbound carriageways, with green strips separating each of them. Three observation platforms are also built along the footpath for pedestrians to appreciate the
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chief engineer Wong Wai Man claimed that there are thousands of bridges in the world that are over 200 m (220 yd) long, and as such, there was no way the designers could go through all of them to make sure the CBL was not similar to another bridge in design.
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steel bridge. It is the first marine crossing in Hong Kong that combines the functions of carriageway, footway and cycle track in one bridge. The rest of the link is the bridge's at-grade approach named Wan O Road
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and Tseung Kwan O Town Centre. At its eastern end, the bridge continues as the at-grade Wan O Road (codenamed Road D9 during its construction), which intersects with the north-south artery Wan Po Road linking to
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Along with the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel, the Cross Bay Link opened to traffic at 8am on 11 December 2022. The two new roads were expected to reduce the travelling time between LOHAS Park and
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event was held in August 2009 and the winning entry was selected on 9 November 2009. In March 2010, six bridge design options collected have been developed for detailed evaluation.
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was selected as the preferred option for Cross Bay Link to the next phase of design works. AECOM was employed to carry out the detailed design and supervise the construction.
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The Cross Bay Bridge is the first marine viaduct in Hong Kong boasting a cycle track. The landmark double arches are seen illuminated in the background.
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claimed that although the bridge's design was similar to Nanning Yonghe Bridge in Guangxi, he believed it is not a direct copy.
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The design concept "Eternity Arch" was adopted for the main span. The two outward leaning arches, which resemble the
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On 6 July 2010, after detailed analysis of public engagement results and technical assessments, the
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The Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge links up the Tseung Kwan O Interchange, where it connects to the
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was employed to undertake the investigation and preliminary design of Cross Bay Link.
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The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Press Releases
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2.5 billion contract to construct the bridge was awarded to
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Construction progress of the Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Bridge
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The My vision of the Cross Bay Link Design Ideas Invitation
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the bridge are concrete bridges with concrete box girders.
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The mainstay of the link is the 1.0 km (0.62 mi)
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Civil Engineering and Development Department (June 2021).
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Coordinates
22°17′38.08″N 114°15′34.98″E / 22.2939111°N 114.2597167°E / 22.2939111; 114.2597167
Junk Bay
Tseung Kwan O New Town
Arch bridge
Clearance below
Chinese
dual two-lane carriageway
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
LOHAS Park
Tseung Kwan O New Town
New Territories
Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel
Chinese
Junk Bay
double-arch
Chinese

Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel
LOHAS Park
Tseung Lam Highway
Tiu Keng Leng
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
Route 6
double-arch
infinity symbol
Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited
HK$
China Road and Bridge Corporation

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