Lótus Bridge

Lótus Bridge
Lótus Bridge
Traditional Chinese	蓮花大橋
Simplified Chinese	莲花大桥
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liánhuā Dàqiáo
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	lin4 faa1 daai6 kiu4

Lótus Bridge
Lótus Bridge
Coordinates	22°08′25″N 113°32′48″E / 22.1402°N 113.5468°E
Carries	6 lanes
Crosses	(十三門水道)
Locale	Cotai and Hengqin
Official name	Ponte Flor de Lótus
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Total length	1,756 metres (5,761 ft)
Width	30 metres (98 ft)
History
Opened	March 2000
Statistics
Toll	free
Location

Aerial view of the western terminus of the Lótus Bridge.

Lotus Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Flor de Lótus; Chinese: 蓮花大橋) is a cross-border bridge linking the Cotai reclamation area of Macau with Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China (PRC). The bridge is a road crossing between mainland China and Macau. Since December 2014 it has been open 24 hours per day.^[1]

The Lotus Bridge is located about 8 km (5 mi) west of the Macau International Airport. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, and follows Macau's rule of the road of driving on the left. The approach roads to the bridge on the mainland Chinese side have an unusual arrangement to facilitate switching traffic to driving on the right in mainland China. The bridge has been designed by Eng Nuno Costa (Profabril) and a Chinese company.