The first bridge (Macau Taipa Bridge) - built in 1974 and 2 ways lane
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The second bridge (New Macau Taipa Bridge) - Built in 1994 and 4 lanes

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The third bridge - connect from Macau Tower to Macau stadium in Taipa, 6 lanes, a 4 lines tunnel and a lightrail line will be includes. The bridge will be complete next year before the East Asia Game open in Macau on September

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Nice bridges. We don't hear enough about Macao here.

How about showing us the "technical details" of the bridges? Such as the length, heights, and so on?

Roads and Bridges: Macau has 321 kilometers of public roads. Two highway bridges link Macau to Zhuhai, the most recent of which, the 1.3-kilometer-long, six-lane Lotus Bridge, opened in December 1999. Two bridges link peninsular Macau with Taipa. The first, a 2.6 kilometer-long highway bridge, was completed in 1974; the second, completed in 1994 to serve the new Macau International Airport, is 4.4 kilometers long and four lanes wide. An eight-kilometer-long dual-lane highway links the airport and the Zhuhai border crossing. Taipa is connected to Coloane with a 2.2-kilometer-long causeway. The 38-kilometer-long connector, to be called the Lingdingyang Bridge, has been proposed to link Macau and Zhuhai with Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Buses and numerous taxicabs provide public transportation. Motorists in 1999 used some 55,114 automobiles and trucks and 58,116 motorcycles.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (港珠澳大橋) is a giant bridge that will connect the west side of Hong Kong with Macau and the neighbouring city of Zhuhai, situated on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, and part of mainland China's southern industrial powerhouse.

The proposed 29 kilometer (18 mile) bridge is expected to cost US $2 billion to $3.7 billion.

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haha .. im going to delete my map .. coz we are showing the same map !! :D

i think the 3rd macau-taipa bridge lacks a distinguishing character
it just looks like common birdges which can be found in any parts of the world

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (港珠澳大橋) is a giant bridge that will connect the west side of Hong Kong with Macau and the neighbouring city of Zhuhai, situated on the west side of the Pearl River Delta, and part of mainland China's southern industrial powerhouse.

The proposed 29 kilometer (18 mile) bridge is expected to cost US $2 billion to $3.7 billion.
Why do they not build a tunnel instead?

Maybe it will cost cheaper if they build the bridge instead ... :)

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Photos from a Hong Kong transportation forum.

Nice pics .. the progress is going pretty fast for the third bridge ..

Unfortunately there're not enough cars travel though "Lin Fa" bridge ..

The third bridge
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One more new pic of the third bridge
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The third bridge construction halt due to the accident.

第三大橋接連發生嚴重工業意外，導致兩名內地工人喪生。中鐵大橋聯合體在前日意外發生後，決定暫將工程全面停頓，待完善工地各項安全措施，經勞工局檢查合格後才復工。希望工程能在明日或後日逐步恢復，事件影響工程的進度，但會盡力不延誤工期。

工程緊迫人命更重要

就第三大橋近期的工業意外，有關公司昨日舉行記者會，表示會採取各項措施全力保障工人安全。中鐵大橋局集團有限公司負責人吳華民及周東指出，勞工局前晚十一時發出行政命令，暫禁第三大橋可導致人體下墜的工地施工，直至查明原因為止。其實該公司在事發後，已即時決定將工程全面停頓，盡快檢討及制訂補救措施，以免再生意外。他們表示雖然工程緊迫，但人命安全更重要。

部分安全措施有漏洞

他們表示，前日不幸喪生的工人王維軍，卅三歲，來自四川資陽巿。前日下午四時許，王維軍正運送一批模板至橋面，模板突然脫落，導致王維軍失足墮海。意外發生後，有關公司即時在工地召開緊急安全會議，分析事故原因及查找安全管理不足之處。當中發現自上月三十日大橋全面合龍後，工程更趨緊張，施工點多面廣；工程管理人員重工期，部分安全措施出現漏洞；個別工人的自我保護安全意識不足；日前剛發生意外後，完善措施工作尚未完成，結果再導致今次意外。

進行拉網式安全檢查

經商討後制訂五項措施，包括︰將召開全體施工人員參與的追悼大會，悼念不幸喪生的工人，撫慰死者遺屬，讓工人增強珍惜生命的安全意識。大橋工地全面停工整頓，進行拉網式安全檢查，完善所有安全設施。強化安全體系，決定成立一個統一管理的安全分隊，包括安全主任、安全工程師、安全員及安全設施完善人員，並建立完善的安全獎罰制度，尤其是個人安全保護措施，如安全帽、安全帶及救生衣的檢查及違章處罰。選擇專業化施工隊伍，完善安全培訓制度，對所有施工人員進行進場培訓、專業培訓及每周的安全知識培訓。正確處理大橋項目安全與工期之間的矛盾，採用加大工程投入的辦法，確保在安全的前提下，保證大橋能如期完工。

Construction of Macao's first cable-stayed bridge was suspended Sunday for a thorough safety scrutiny after two construction workers died while working on the bridge over the past week.

The two workers, both transient workers from China's mainland, accidentally fell into the shallow seashore between the Macao Peninsula and Taipa Island. One was found drown, and the other hadhis head hit on the pier.

The construction of the bridge has been undergone day and nightto catch the completion deadline by the year end.

The casualty has forced the undertaker, the Chon Tit Macao Investment and Development Co. Ltd., to suspend the construction for serious safety checks including construction facilities and management.

Designed with double deck carriageway, the cable-stayed bridge adopted the world's first design of pylon type. Cable of the bridge stays at 10-meter intervals and arrays in shape of a harp.

The 2,200-meter bridge will have six lanes in the upper layer and four lanes in the lower. The lower floor will be shut down in common days and open only when a typhoon hits the city.

The bridge construction is the largest public project since Macao returned to the motherland at the end of 1999.

2004/10/8

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2004/10/28
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I remember the oldest bridge...that was such an icon for Macau.

It's a really good view to see the bridges of Macau from the Macau tourist Tower, isn't it?
The shape of the bridges are really beauty, quite weird though, but cute........

2004/11/24
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Macao's first cable-stayed bridge was Monday named "Sai Van" meaning West Lake, which was selected from over 1,000 entries in a contest.

Construction of the 2,200-meter bridge has been the largest public project since Macao returned to the motherland at the end of 1999. The project was scheduled for completion before the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 20.

Since the unveiling of the bridge will be an important part of the anniversary celebration, Macao people have paid a special concern to the naming of the bridge. A five-member judging committee was set up in August to receive proposals for the name of the bridge. The selection result has been submitted to the SAR government to make the final choice.

Designed with double deck carriageways, the cable-stayed bridge adopted the world's first design of pylon type. It starts from the Sai Van Lake on the Macao Peninsula linking it to Taipa Island.

An important feature of the bridge is that cable of the bridge stays at 10-meter intervals and arrays in a M-shaped arch that signals the capital letter of "Macao".

Construction of the bridge started in 2002. The double-deck design allows six lanes in the upper layer and four lanes in the lower, which is shut down in common days and opens only when a typhoon hits the city.

As the third bridge linking the Macao Peninsula and Taipa Island, the bridge has also left room for the installation of a light rail. The bridge is important in infrastructure to accommodate an economic take-off of the Macao SAR.

2004/12/12
The bridge
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Recreational Areas near the bridge
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what's up with those mini Foster's towers. Why would they have a recreational area near the bridge??

no idea .. I think because the bridge is also near the residential areas

2004/12/15
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2004/12/18
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Macau Tower and Sai Van Bridge
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19/12/2004

Sai Van Bridge in Macao. (File photo:Xinhua)
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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Macao SAR Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau Wah at the inauguration ceremony of a local bridge. (Xinhua photo)
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50000 people walking on Sai Van bridge
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Macau Tower and Sai Van Bridge
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awesome, One of the World's best quality bridges