![Lek Yuen Bridge Pavilion (Shatin, Hong Kong)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Lek_Yuen_Bridge_Pavilion_%28Shatin%2C_Hong_Kong%29.jpg)
Lek Yuen Bridge () is a pedestrian
footbridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
in
Sha Tin New Town
Sha Tin New Town, or known as Sha Tin-Ma On Shan New Town or Sha Tin Town is one of the satellite towns and new towns of Hong Kong. It is within the Sha Tin District, the New Territories. The New Town covers the neighbourhoods such as Sha Tin, T ...
,
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, across the
Shing Mun River
The Shing Mun River or Shing Mun River Channel is a Rivers of Hong Kong, river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
History
The original Shing Mun River began at Needle Hill, and flowed into the former Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi), a shallow bay. In the 1970s, ...
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The uncovered concrete footbridge was built in 1988. It is about 160 m in length with a structural area of about 1,000 m
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Lek Yuen Bridge
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References
Pedestrian bridges in Hong Kong
Sha Tin
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