Ap Lei Chau Bridge is a highway bridge in Hong Kong connecting the island of

Ap Lei Chau Ap Lei Chau or Aberdeen Island is an island of Hong Kong, located off Hong Kong Island next to Aberdeen Harbour and Aberdeen Channel. It has an area of after land reclamation. Administratively it is part of the Southern District. Ap Lei C ...

(Aberdeen Island) to the community of Aberdeen, Hong Kong, Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island.

First bridge

Completed in April 1977, the first bridge had one lane of traffic in each direction. It is a Cantilever bridge, double-cantilever, Pre-stressed concrete, prestressed-concrete bridge, with a main span, two side spans, and associated ramps. Maunsell & Partners were the bridge consultants.''Beanz means Hines / Peter Hines — the worldwide civil engineer'' page 14.

Second bridge

Construction of the twin Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge on the north side of the first bridge was started in May 1991 and completed in July 1994 to provide two traffic lanes in each direction. Both sides of the bridge have pavements for pedestrian use. Legislators approved funding for the Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge on 1 May 1991. It opened on 28 July 1994. The first person to drive across it was Kwong Hon-sang, Director of Highways, officiating at the opening ceremony. The two bridges are Ap Lei Chau's only ''road'' links with Hong Kong Island. There is a railway bridge, the Aberdeen Channel Bridge, opened on 28 December 2016 as part of the MTR's South Island line.

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First bridge

Second bridge

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