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der coordination led by the cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong- The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
National Development and Reform Macao Greater Bay Area, as it was Bridge Authority dispatched 83
Commission, the three parties the landing point of both the bridge safety inspectors to patrol the
conquered difficulties ranging and HK's International Airport. bridge and supporting facilities
from financing, construction, and after the typhoon's landing. On-site
the bridge's ship passage designs She said the HKSAR would seize supervision data showed that the
to ecological protection, such as the opportunities brought by the bridge withstood a maximum wind
schemes for minimizing the impact Belt and Road Initiative and the speed of 160 km per hour upon the
of the bridge on the Chinese white Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao landing of Mangkhut, one of the 10
dolphin, which is under first class Greater Bay Area development, with biggest storms in southeast China
state protection. a view to generate new impetus for since 1949.
the HKSAR economy.
"With the bridge's opening, the Zhang Jinwen, chief inspector
Greater Bay Area with a population ENGINEERING MARVEL of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
of 66 million people, 56,000 square Bridge Authority, said the bridge
km of coverage and a total GDP The mega-bridge construction was built like building blocks. From
equivalent of 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars incorporates the world's latest the immersed tube tunnel of the
would spring to a new vitality," said engineering technology and design. underwater sections, to bridge piers
Fang Zhou, director of the Hong A total of 420,000 tonnes of steel and filter covers, every component
Kong-based One-Country-Two- was used in the project, equivalent was churned out on production lines
Systems Research Institute. to 60-times the steel used to build similar to automobile workshops,
the Eiffel Tower. The bridge is and fitted into place.
When delivering her policy designed for a 120-year lifespan,
address earlier this month, Chief while most big sea bridges are The bridge has become a new
Executive of the Hong Kong designed to last 100 years. landmark in the Greater Bay Area.
Special Administrative Region Meng Fanchao, chief designer of the
(HKSAR) Carrie Lam said that The bridge underwent a natural test bridge, said the Qingzhou Channel
the commissioning of the Hong when super typhoon Mangkhut landed Bridge, the highest part of the mega-
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge would on Sept. 16 with hurricane-force winds bridge was designed in the shape of
improve Lantau, HK's largest on the coast of the city of Jiangmen an auspicious Chinese knot.
outlying island, to a "Double neighboring Zhuhai in Guangdong.
Gateway" to the world and other
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National Development and Reform Macao Greater Bay Area, as it was Bridge Authority dispatched 83
Commission, the three parties the landing point of both the bridge safety inspectors to patrol the
conquered difficulties ranging and HK's International Airport. bridge and supporting facilities
from financing, construction, and after the typhoon's landing. On-site
the bridge's ship passage designs She said the HKSAR would seize supervision data showed that the
to ecological protection, such as the opportunities brought by the bridge withstood a maximum wind
schemes for minimizing the impact Belt and Road Initiative and the speed of 160 km per hour upon the
of the bridge on the Chinese white Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao landing of Mangkhut, one of the 10
dolphin, which is under first class Greater Bay Area development, with biggest storms in southeast China
state protection. a view to generate new impetus for since 1949.
the HKSAR economy.
"With the bridge's opening, the Zhang Jinwen, chief inspector
Greater Bay Area with a population ENGINEERING MARVEL of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
of 66 million people, 56,000 square Bridge Authority, said the bridge
km of coverage and a total GDP The mega-bridge construction was built like building blocks. From
equivalent of 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars incorporates the world's latest the immersed tube tunnel of the
would spring to a new vitality," said engineering technology and design. underwater sections, to bridge piers
Fang Zhou, director of the Hong A total of 420,000 tonnes of steel and filter covers, every component
Kong-based One-Country-Two- was used in the project, equivalent was churned out on production lines
Systems Research Institute. to 60-times the steel used to build similar to automobile workshops,
the Eiffel Tower. The bridge is and fitted into place.
When delivering her policy designed for a 120-year lifespan,
address earlier this month, Chief while most big sea bridges are The bridge has become a new
Executive of the Hong Kong designed to last 100 years. landmark in the Greater Bay Area.
Special Administrative Region Meng Fanchao, chief designer of the
(HKSAR) Carrie Lam said that The bridge underwent a natural test bridge, said the Qingzhou Channel
the commissioning of the Hong when super typhoon Mangkhut landed Bridge, the highest part of the mega-
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge would on Sept. 16 with hurricane-force winds bridge was designed in the shape of
improve Lantau, HK's largest on the coast of the city of Jiangmen an auspicious Chinese knot.
outlying island, to a "Double neighboring Zhuhai in Guangdong.
Gateway" to the world and other
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