Cross Bay Link

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The site of the bridge link in January 2022.
The site of the bridge link in February 2020.
The site of the bridge link (2010).

The Cross Bay Link at Junk Bay, New Territories, Hong Kong is an under construction 1.8 km (1.1 mi) bridge that connects the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate and LOHAS Park areas with the under construction Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel. The bridge will consists of a road, pedestrian walkways and bicycle lanes.

History[]

On 16 March 2009, Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited was employed to undertake the investigation and preliminary design of Cross Bay Link.

A My vision of the Cross Bay Link Design Ideas Invitation 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.[1]

On 6 July 2010, after detailed analysis of public engagement results and technical assessments, the Eternity Arch was selected as the preferred option for Cross Bay Link to the next phase of design works.[2]

AECOM was employed to carry out the detailed design and supervise the construction.

In 2018, the HK$2.5 billion contract to construct the bridge was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation. Meinhardt Infrastructure & Environment Ltd. and Hewson Consulting were appointed as the designers for China Road and Bridge Corporation to provide alternative permanent works design, erection engineering and temporary works design for the bridgeworks.

Design controversy[]

District councillor Gary Fan claimed that although the bridge's design is similar to Nanning Yonghe Bridge in Guangxi, he believed it is not a direct copy. Civil Engineering and Development Department chief engineer Wong Wai Man claimed that there are thousands of bridges in the world that are over 200 m (220 yd) long, there is no way they can go through all of them to make sure the CBL is not similar to another bridge in design.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Chinese)將軍澳跨灣大橋六揀一 The Sun. 10 March 2010.
  2. ^ What's New Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine CBL-TKO official website – What's New. 6 July 2010.
  3. ^ (in Chinese)將軍澳跨灣橋造價22億 Wen Wei Po. 7 July 2010.

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