The Cross Bay Link () at
Junk Bay
Junk Bay known in Chinese as "Tseung Kwan O" (; also transliterated as "Cheung Kwan O") is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village.
The Tseung Kwan O New Town, one ...
,
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...
, Hong Kong is a bridge that connects the
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate (, branded as ) is located in the southeast of the Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District in Hong Kong.
Location
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate has an area of 75 ha (other sources mention 86 ha[LOHAS Park
LOHAS Park () is a Hong Kong seaside residential development of the MTR Corporation, located in Tseung Kwan O Area 86, New Territories. After its full completion, it will be the largest single residential enclave in the territory.
Name and ...]
areas with the
Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel. The bridge 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.
''The 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.
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.
What's New
''CBL-TKO official website – What's New''. 6 July 2010. AECOM was employed to carry out the detailed design and supervise the construction.
In 2018, the HK$
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2.5 billion contract to construct the bridge was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation
China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a subsidiary of Fortune Global 500 company China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), focuses on global civil engineering and construction projects such as highways, railways, bridges, ports, and ...
. 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
Gary Fan Kwok-wai (; born 30 October 1966) is a Hong Kong politician. He was the member of Legislative Council from 2012 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2019 after winning the 2018 by-election for New Territories East. He is also a former member o ...
claimed that although the bridge's design was similar to Nanning Yonghe Bridge in Guangxi, he believed it is not a direct copy. Civil Engineering and Development Department
The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) is a department of the Hong Kong government that reports to the Development Bureau. Its major services include provision of land and infrastructure, port and marine services, geotechnic ...
chief engineer Wong Wai Man claimed that there are thousands of bridges in the world that are over 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.[將軍澳跨灣橋造價22億]
''Wen Wei Po''. 7 July 2010.
See also
*List of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong
This is a list of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong.
Road
Road tunnels Victoria Harbour crossings
Tunnels on Hong Kong Island
Tunnels in New Kowloon
Tunnels between New Kowloon and the New Territories
Tunnels in the New Ter ...
References
External links
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Bridges in Hong Kong
Tseung Kwan O
Proposed transport infrastructure in Hong Kong
Route 6 (Hong Kong)