Tsing Ma Bridge
Sign in to savesuspension bridge in Hong Kong
Key facts
- Coordinates
- 22°21′05″N 114°04′27″E / 22.35139°N 114.07417°E / 22.35139; 114.07417
- 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 )
- 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)
- Number span no of lanes
- 6 (upper deck), 2 (lower deck)
- Track gauge
- 1,432 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in )
- Electrified
- 1.5 kV DC
- Designer
- Mott MacDonald
- Constructed by
- Anglo Japanese Construction Joint Venture
- Fabrication by
- Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
- Construction start
- May 1992 ; 34 years ago ( 1992-05 )
- Construction end
- May 1997 ; 29 years ago ( 1997-05 )
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Tsing Ma Bridge 2.jpg
- Height
- 206
- Length
- 2160
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- Commons category
- Tsing Ma Bridge
- longest span
- 1377
- clearance
- 62
- date of official opening
- 1997-05-22
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Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong that connects Tsing Yi and Ma Wan islands. It is the world's 17th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at the time of its 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 currently the longest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.
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.