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, Hong Kong is a bridge that connects the

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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$2.5 billion contract to construct the bridge was awarded to China Road and Bridge Corporation. 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

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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 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.

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* {{coord missing, Hong Kong Bridges in Hong Kong Tseung Kwan O Proposed transport infrastructure in Hong Kong Route 6 (Hong Kong)

History

Design controversy

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