The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge (HZMB) is now open to traffic, and it is the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge at 55 km. Built at a reported cost of USD20 billion, the bridge is meant to make it easier for tourists and commuters to travel within the region.
According to officials, the crossing is made up of three sections starting with the 12-km Hong Kong Link Road, which features a 7-km undersea tunnel that runs between two artificial islands. This is to allow for ships to pass through on the Pearl River Delta where the bridge is based.
The main section of the itself is a dual three-lane carriageway that spans 30 km, and has three cable-styled bridges, namely Qingzhou Channel Bridge, Jianghai Channel Bridge and Jiuzhou Channel Bridge, with the first being the longest at 458 metres long. Finally, on the west side of the bridge is the 13-km Zhuhai Link Road that connects to the Chinese city of Zhuhai. The main bridge section took six years of preparation and nine years to build.
For the highlight reel, the bridge was designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, with around 420,000 tonnes of steel used in its construction, enough to build 60 Eiffel Towers. The bridge also has 700,000 square metres of road surface, equivalent to about 98 football fields.
The bridge also has special merger channels so drivers will be able to change which side of the road they are on at the crossing. This is because people drive on the left in Hong Kong and Macau, like in Malaysia, but over in China, motorists drive on the right.
As exciting as this engineering landmark is, private drivers who want to cross the bridge will need to obtain a special permit that is distributed via a stringent quota system. Those without a permit will follow a park and ride system, taking a shuttle bus or hire a private driver to carry them across the bridge, with trips costing around USD8-10.
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Atuk’s crooked bridge will likely pusing-pusing over the Straits, go to Batam, before coming back and connecting to Woodlands, just to grab that world’s longest bridge title from this engineering marvel.
Atuk’s bridge will then achieve another unsurpassed feat, the longest journey taken to reach the shortest span.
Fully agreed. ECRL more promising
If SG dun like, then Bapaks bridge will pusing pusing pusing going nowhere.
Bridge balek kg sumatra , lel
This is typical abang abang mentality. Like to have the longest this and that, the tallest this and that, the biggest this and that……but basic necessities like clean water, roads with no potholes, high safety spec cars all tarak ada.
Typical mentality. Like to show off with luxuries even when basic needs are not met. Very prevalent amongst Putrajaya residents.
Agreed. It wasn’t so in the past but with the new government, very much so indeed.
I hope that soon in the future..Malaysia are rich enough and afford to built a brigde crossing to Sabah Sarawak
That a lot longer plus must include Indonesia since sea between Peninsular n Sarawak is Indonesia territory.
hahaha, maybe 100 years later, build by China and loan from china
China is really clever. This is why we need more Mainland people to come to Malaysia to teach us how to increase productivity and work hard.
Look at how well China is doing. We need their expertise.
Hope we dont get fooled like how Geely fooled us to get national car status.
I wonder who wrote this above.
Abangs abangs are too excited to receive RM170 million for 49.9% of Proton
But they lost Proton’s Shah Alam land worth RM5 bil with GDV RM12 bil
They lost Lotus
And they given local network to China car company to benefit from low taxes for their cars.
Abangs abangs kena con but still cannot see it
How to believe what you said when your stories have been pusing cerita all the time?
Haha! Basher kena kantoi yet again.
If Gamuda made this bridge, it would be USD100 billion, not USD$20 bil….LOL
Waste of money. BN would never approve.
LOL. Those politicians (from both sides) will approve in a heartbeat lah. Imagine the amount they all can songlap.
Easier to approve work permit and chip passport.
But much cheaper than pricing up LRT3 and calling it a cost down.
Its cuz they never approve that particular bridge that brought them down. Crooked bridge projek incoming yo!
Peninsula to Langkawi by road here we go
This will be the lo gest bridge until our crooked bridge is ready…from jb travellers will have to pass pulau jawa then lpmbok then bali then sulawesi timur leste and papua new guinea on the crooked part of the bridge…then from there they will use the straight part to singapore and it will take a day to reach singapore…wow what a journey
got RnR or not along the way? petrol station?