Tsing Ma Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong have six lanes on their upper decks, and on their lower decks there are two lanes and a pair of tracks for MTR metro trains.

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The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong.

The bridge was named after two of the islands at its ends, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan.

The Tsing Ma Bridge has been an important gateway to Lantau Island.

The bridge, together with other highway, bridge and tunnel connections in the area, are part of the Tsing Ma Control Area under the Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance ( Cap.

The control area has been managed by Tsing Ma Management Limited since opening.

Toll payable on the Lantau Link -- of which Tsing Ma Bridge is part -- for motorcycles, private cars, public double-decker buses and heavy goods vehicles are HK $ 20, $ 30, $ 60 and $ 80 respectively, and payable only for the eastbound direction from Lantau to Tsing Yi.

Cable band for Tsing Ma Bridge undergoing dimensional inspection

# Bridge tower foundations-one tower located on Wok Tai Wan of Tsing Yi side and the other on a man-made island 120 m from the coast of Ma Wan Island.

They are massive concrete structures deeply seated on bedrock on the landside of Tsing Yi and Ma Wan island.

The total weight of concrete used in the Tsing Yi anchorage is 200, 000 tonnes and Ma Wan Anchorage is 250, 000 tonnes.

Tsing Ma Bridge viewed from Tung Wan Beach, Ma Wan

Tsing Ma Bridge has become a favourite scenic spot as well as a famous landmark.

The game series was banned in China because of the ordered destruction of HKCEC, the Three Gorges Dam, and terrorism at the Tsing Ma Bridge.

* Tsing Ma Bridge description from City University, Hong Kong ( archive )

* Tsing Ma Bridge description from HK Polytechnic University

* Tsing Ma Bridge description from Oriental Travel

* Live image of Tsing Ma Bridge

* Tsing Ma Bridge Photo Gallery

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It is located off the north coast of Lantau, near the new town of Tung Chung and is connected to urban areas by the Lantau Link, which is composed of the Kap Shui Mun Bridge, the Ma Wan Viaduct, and the Tsing Ma Bridge.

Ching Tai Court, Cheung Fat Estate and Ching Wang Court on the right, Villa Esplanada at the center, Martime Square and Tsing Yi Bridge ( North ) on the left

In the 1970s, six large-scale companies on the island collectively built the Tsing Yi Bridge to connect Tsing Yi Town and Kwai Chung Town over the Rambler Channel.

An expressway links the rest of Hong Kong through Tsing Ma Bridge and North Lantau Expressway.

Route 8 ( Chinese: 八號幹線 ) of Hong Kong is an 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane expressway that links Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.

This section consists of the Stonecutters Bridge, which spans the Rambler Channel from Stonecutters Island and links with the Lantau Link through the Nam Wan Tunnel and West Tsing Yi viaduct and was opened on 20 December 2009.

Designed by Sir Norman Foster, the huge land reclamation project is linked to the centre of Hong Kong by the Lantau Link, which features three new major bridges: the world's sixth largest suspension bridge, Tsing Ma, which was built in 1997, connecting the islands of Tsing Yi and Ma Wan ; the world's longest cable-stayed bridge carrying both road and railway traffic, Kap Shui Mun, which links Ma Wan and Lantau ; and the world's first major 4-span cable-stayed bridge, Ting Kau, which connects Tsing Yi and the mainland New Territories.

It links the Kowloon portal of the Western Harbour Crossing in the south to the Tsing Kwai Highway in the north and is built entirely on newly reclaimed land.

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# Approach span on Tsing Yi side-similar in form and cross-section to the suspended deck, but the approach span was supported on piers instead of cable-support.

In order to watch and get further information about it, one can go to the Lantau Link Visitor Centre and Viewing Platform which is located at the northwest corner of Tsing Yi Island, just next to the Bridge's Tsing Yi end.

Category: Tsing Yi

* Tivoli Garden, a housing estate in Hong Kong: Public housing estates on Tsing Yi Island # Tivoli Garden

* The character Tsing Yi in John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry, according to its director, is inspired by Jing Ke.

** Kwai Tsing District ( Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island )

Tsing Yi (), or Tsing Yi Island () is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan.

Three major bays or harbours, Tsing Yi Lagoon, Mun Tsai Tong and Tsing Yi Bay in the northeast, have been completely reclaimed for new towns.

The island can be divided as four quarters, the northeast quarter is a residential area, the southeast quarter is Tsing Yi Town, the southwest holds heavy industry, and the northwest includes a recreation trail, a transportation interchange and some dockyards and ship building industry.

Tsing Yi Island is the island on the left.

Although Tsing Yi Island is a de facto outlying island, it is not accordingly included in the Islands District.

Tsing Yi Island is a hilly island with Tsing Yi Peak in the south and Liu To Shan in the north east.

Small plain can be found surrounding the former Tsing Yi Lagoon in island northeast.

In 1997 a once lost endemic plant, Hong Kong croton, was found in the woodland beneath the highest peak, Tsing Yi Peak, on the island.

Farmers grew rice, vegetables and pineapples, while fishermen lived in huts connected by plank walkways in the small harbour of Tsing Yi Tong which stretched far back into the island.

Meanwhile, some small shipbuilding companies started their business in Tsing Yi, and remain on the north side of the island.

After the establishment of the Tsing Yi Bridge, the Hong Kong government commenced an extensive new town project on the island.

Victoria, a controversial new dioxin burning plant was also put into operation during 2004, arousing much concern for the residents of Tsing Yi and Hong Kong island.

The island was connected to the Kowloon peninsula by the West Kowloon Reclamation in the 1990s to provide land for the construction of the road and railway network to the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, and for the Container Terminal 8 of Kwai Tsing Container Terminals.

Ma Wan () is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, with an area of 0. 97 km².

It was founded by a Chan family from Tsing Yi island.

Tsing Ma Bridge + Ma Wan Viaduct + Kap Shui Mun Bridge together link Tsing Yi island to Lantau island and form the Lantau Link.