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Tsing Ma Bridge

Tsing Ma Bridge,Connect Tsing Yi Island and Ma Wan, which is a world-class architecture in line with the development of the Hong Kong International Airport to build. Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong is not only a major sign of construction, it is also now the world’s longest road and railway suspension bridge.tsing-ma-bridge

Tsing Ma Bridge start to built in May 1992, it had cost 7.144 billion Hong Kong dollars then, took five years for completion. the Tsing Ma Bridge is situated on Tsing Yi Island and Ma Wan, the total length of the deck is 2,200-meter, main span length of 1,377 meters, 62 meters high above the sea. the bridge tower of Tsing Ma Bridge has 206 meters high,Steel cables is used in a total length of 160,000 line kilometers and only the weight of structural steel is used up to 50,000 tonnes.

The Tsing Ma Bridge, the world’s longest combined road and rail suspension bridge, connects Hong Kong to the new airport and hence the rest of the world. The Tsing Ma Bridge including the “ACP” was also selected the “Top Ten Construction Achievements of the twentieth century Achievement Award”by the authority of the construction industry and the editors of the United States in 1999.

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