The Kinmen Bridge () is a cross-sea

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Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

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(Taiwan). It connects Greater Kinmen Island and Lieyu Island.

History

On 28 February 2010, this project of constructing the bridge was approved by

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of the

. On 9 January 2011, President

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traveled to Kinmen to host the groundbreaking ceremony. The bridge construction commenced in 2013. However, on 29 June 2016, the construction work was suspended when the

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terminated the contract with Kuo Teng Construction Co. (the construction company which had been building the bridge), due to the poor

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that had caused the project to be seriously behind schedule. During August 2016, the

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invited new contractor companies to complete the remaining project. The bureau announced the tender winner on 31 August 2016. Work resumed on 28 December 2016 and was at that point expected to be completed by 25 September 2020. However, in February 2017,

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Minister

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requested the bridge completion date to be moved earlier to the end of 2019. In August 2019, the last pile of the bridge was installed and was expected to be completed by mid-2021. The Kinmen Bridge was opened to the public on 30 October 2022.

Architecture

The bridge links

Jinning Township Jinning District () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. The formation of the district was approved on November 24, 2016, after the dissolution of the former ''Jinnin ...

on Greater Kinmen Island and

Lieyu Township Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (; pinyin: ''Lièyǔ Xiāng''; Hokkien POJ: ''Lia̍t-sū-hiong'') is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It mainly consists of Lesser Kinmen (; Pīnyīn: ''Xiǎojīnmé ...

on Lieyu Island. It spans over in length and is supported by five towers separated apart. The bridge surface is wide, and consists of two lanes for vehicles, one lane for pedestrians, and one lane for bicycles.

Budget

A total of NT$7.39 billion was originally budgeted for the bridge construction, of which NT$3.96 billion came from the

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and NT$3.43 billion came from

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. After repeated delays, the budget blew out to about NT$9 billion.

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from Kuo Teng Construction Co. was taken to cover the extra cost incurred. However, there is still a shortfall of NT$500 million.

References

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History

Architecture

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