http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0415.jpg

^^ Kap Shui Mun bridge, linking Ma Wan to Lantau Island (where the Disneyland, Big Buddha and the Hong Kong International Airport is).

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0400.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0404.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0409.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG1696.jpg

^^ Ting Kau Bridge

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0397.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG1698.jpg

^^ Tsing Ma Bridge and Ting Kau Bridge

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Rachmaninov/CIMG0410.jpg

^^ Tsing Ma Bridge, linking Tsing Yi and Ma Wan, hence the name Tsing Ma. Once the world's longest suspension bridge with both road and rail traffic.

All photos shot by myself!! Enjoy!!!

As for professional photos... here are some

http://www.pbase.com/alex1030/image/16185383.jpg

http://www.worldcountries.info/HongKong/Images/TsingMaBridge-600.jpg

http://hkpic.those-days.com/nt/kwai_tsing/tsing_ma_bridge3.jpg

^^ Tsing Ma Bridge

http://www.nielsen-wurster.com/Tsing%20Ma%20Night%20Bridge%20copy.jpg

^^ Kap Shui Mun Bridge

http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u2/kk999wong/upload/18166867.tsingmabridge.jpg

^^ Ting Kau Bridge

http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/misc/ehk04/english/hk/images/pic04.jpg

^^ The Holy Trinity!

The Ting Kau is interesting to me that they would, im assuming, built that artificial island in the middle of the waterway for the support tower. Why not just make a larger suspension span that wouldn't require blocking out the middle of the waterway. That strait of water is not that wide that a single span is unreasonable. curious

otherwise the bridges look awesome

because the cost would be much higher.

nice bridges :yes:

Ting Kau
http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/74/dsc5068b5lh.jpg

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/9579/dsc5066b6fg.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/51/136077354_9e361dfa05_o.jpg

Tsing Ma
http://static.flickr.com/33/57583705_244a0603d9_o.jpg

What's the longest road/rail suspension bridge today?

What's the longest road/rail suspension bridge today?
In HK: Tsing Ma Bridge and in the world Akashi Kaikyo between Honshu and Sikoku(1990,8 m).
Amazing bridges!! They all looking fantastic :eek:

actually i didnt understand what are cables on midle bridge using for?
it likes to withstand another forces or something?
Maybe the design are exceed its need.
anyone can help me...to explain it

They are to suspend the bridge deck. Nobody wants to build a 1-km long simply supported beam, I guess.

So in order to go from HKG to Kowloon you cross 3 bridges?!?! I went there recently and I only remember 2 bridges, but that was at night so...

The third one that you crossed is not featured here. It's relatively small connecting Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung.

http://static.flickr.com/56/153882572_6802abc2b7_o.jpg

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http://static.flickr.com/62/157255584_eff9ffae71_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/63/157257907_0492a54794_b.jpg

We should post more pictures of the viaducts in Hong Kong!!!

配合金融中心風格 增色彩添花槽
中區天橋後年換新裝
22/06/2006

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060622/img/sn07062205_big.jpg

【專案組記者吳倩婷報道】中區是香港的金融及旅遊區，名副其實是「心臟地帶」，但該區部分行人天橋及行人隧道等過路設施，因為日久失修而顯得相當殘舊，與周圍玻璃幕牆的新式高樓大廈相比顯得格格不入。為使有關過路設施的外觀可配合中區環境，路政署近年推出「中區行人天橋及隧道翻新計劃」，所有工程可望在後年完工。

凹凸磚方便殘障者
路政署官員表示，○二年已聘請顧問公司就革新中區及灣仔的建築物做研究，去年亦完成翻新近國際金融中心一段中環高架行人路，而今次的翻新計劃主要是針對商業中心及旅遊區內的原有建築物。

由於有關的行人天橋及隧道已使用了一段頗長時間，除外觀殘舊，部分照明系統亦不足，令到地方昏暗，而且欠缺殘障人士使用的設施，故翻新工程有針對性改善有關問題，例如將行人天橋上的天花光管系統換成燈槽加強照明，同時在地面鋪上凹凸磚，使這些道路設施符合現今「無障礙通道」的要求，方便殘障人士使用。

至於美化外觀方面，鑑於上述道路設施多以真面目「石屎」示人，顏色特別灰暗。所以路政署計劃從顏色方面手，例如是在隧道的天花、橋身及橋墩髹上新顏色，部分更會增置花槽栽種植物，美化建築物之餘更可綠化區內環境，有關工程預計會在本年底展開。 http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/img/endmarker.gif

Route 8 Under Construction
http://static.flickr.com/45/137229025_3c03874c78_b.jpg

Route 8 of Hong Kong is a 2.2 km 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.

Great! I thought this thread was dead.

Anymore updates of the Stonecutters Bridge?

http://static.flickr.com/56/153882572_6802abc2b7_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/52/153882523_a301d9f5b8_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/74/153882595_c6ba9d9e7f_o.jpg

Looks AWSOME!!!

http://static.flickr.com/104/303610660_5d1053fe22_b.jpg

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=303610660&size=l&context=set-72157594387347592

Actually Ting Kau Bridge is my favourite in HK, but let's see what happens to Stonecutters.

The Ting Kau is interesting to me that they would, im assuming, built that artificial island in the middle of the waterway for the support tower. Why not just make a larger suspension span that wouldn't require blocking out the middle of the waterway. That strait of water is not that wide that a single span is unreasonable. curious

HK's tropical typhoons pack quite a bit of wind, and having that support tower in the middle mitigates this effect on the bridge.

If I don't get to Hong Kong at some point within the next ten years, I'm killin' myself

Looking east, to city (Tsing Yi island)
http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~lsbaking/Photos/Tsing_Ma/Bugsy0001.JPG

Looking west, to airport (with Kap Shui Mun bridge between Ma Wan island & Lantau island; Kap Shui Mun is the name of the channel)
http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~lsbaking/Photos/Tsing_Ma/Bugsy0002.JPG

Looking northeast (with Ting Kau bridge between Tsing Yi island & Ting Kau)
http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk/~lsbaking/Photos/Tsing_Ma/Bugsy0007.JPG

Panoramic view of Tsing Ma bridge
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Tsing_Ma_Bridge.jpg

Inside Tsing Ma Bridge
http://bridge.tongji.edu.cn/cb/cable/suspen/tsingma_sec.jpg

Tsing Ma
total length 2160m; longest span 1377m; height 206m; clearance below 62m

Ting Kau
total length 1875 m; longest span 448m, 475m; height 194, 167, 162m ; clearance below 60m

Kap Shui Mun
total length 750m; longest span 430m; height 150m; clearance below 47m

WOOOW!!! I only have two things to say:
1) Would this network of bridges and tunnels connecting Kowloon to Airport be the costliest transportation network built b/c of the construction of the airport? And,
2) AFAIK, the 2 carriageways to the sides of the AEL (Airport Express) are for use during emergencies or typhoons.

The bridges themselves are nothing that special, plenty examples of things similar to that around the world, but the proximity of them to each other makes it an amazing view, if you get the right shot!

Awesome !

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/354887289_e927cd0d5e_b.jpg

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/354887283_433f7f442d_b.jpg

wonderful pictures


i want to visit HK so bad!

They are to suspend the bridge deck. Nobody wants to build a 1-km long simply supported beam, I guess.

1-km isn't that long, there are plenty of simply supported bridges with that span over water out there.

The decision of using a cable-suspened bridge over supporting beam/column was because there is a need of 50m+ height clearence and wide open water for container ship travel underneath. Supporting from below would not allow the wide gaps between supporting structures and could be very dangerous if there was a container ship collide into the bridge. The bridge could actually fall down with the massive momentum. This concept applies to Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Moon Bridges also.

Second, a three-towers cable-stayed bridge was used because Tsing Ma Bridge was right there, and it would give a more diverse bridge type in the area rather than two identical bridges. Simply, looks better.

1-km isn't that long, there are plenty of simply supported bridges with that span over water out there.

The decision of using a cable-suspened bridge over supporting beam/column was because there is a need of 50m+ height clearence and wide open water for container ship travel underneath. Supporting from below would not allow the wide gaps between supporting structures and could be very dangerous if there was a container ship collide into the bridge. The bridge could actually fall down with the massive momentum. This concept applies to Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Moon Bridges also.

Second, a three-towers cable-stayed bridge was used because Tsing Ma Bridge was right there, and it would give a more diverse bridge type in the area rather than two identical bridges. Simply, looks better.


I cannot think of any simply supported bridge with a 1-km long span in between two columns though...?

I cannot think of any simply supported bridge with a 1-km long span in between two columns though...?

I was thinking series of simply supported bridge (multi-columns over the distance). :)

I dont think it is possible (or else very very costly) to build a 'simply supported bridge' with a single span of over 1km, as the stress would not be transferred else where. (I'm guessing by simple u mean either girders, box girders or beam bridges)

And building an artificial "island" is hardly new. Though it isn't really an island the SF Bay Bridge built an artificial concrete anchorage for two suspension bridges, and mapped the crossing through the natural treasure island in order to reduce costs.

Guys, how about that bridge that they are building over the channel at that containerterminal near Kowloon. Saw sometime just yet on discovery so I was wondering if there is any more info on it or better yet: pictures?? :)
Thanks.

Found the thread myself: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221134
:) :cool:

wonderful pictures!

There are to be more bridges with diverse outlook in HK:




Deep Bay Link (in use in 2007)
A 3.5km carriageway over the waters between Hk and the nearby Chinese city, Shenzhen. It is intended to be a high-capacity boundary crossing freeway between the 2 mega cities.

http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/major/road/projects/IMAGE/6759th-image-08.jpg
http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/major/road/projects/IMAGE/6759th-image-09.jpg
http://www.news.gov.hk/tc/category/infrastructureandlogistics/051021/features/html/051020p027jpg.jpg
The far side of the 2nd pic is Shenzhen
- Gov't information page
http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/major/road/projects/6759th/index.htm



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Stonecutters Bridge
(under construction, date of completion:2009)
With a central span of 1,018 metres, over one of the busiest container port in the world, the bridge will be the longest span cable-stayed bridges in the world.
http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/stonecutters/images/image1.jpg
http://www.arup.com.hk/stonecutters/largescb4a.gif
Project website:
http://www.stonecuttersbridge.net/en/main.htm
dedicated thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221134



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HongKong-Zuhai-Macau Bridge
(Under active planning)
A 35 km bridge-cum-tunnel link over the Pearl River Estuary, connecting HK and 2 cities (Zuhai and Macauu, where Macau is now the biggest gamble city in the world, surpassing Las Vagas in terms of revenue) on the western bank of the delta.
http://www.hkchcc.org/bridge.jpg
http://image.wenweipo.com/2006/08/01/hk0801g9.jpg
http://photo.southcn.com/bbs/F350012006.9.1.16.46.5535.jpg
http://x4d.xanga.com/6b6d222742433105656922/b74724049.jpg
dedicated thread:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=168110




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Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Link(no timetable)
A featured cable stayed bridge development propagated by the government.
http://xa3.xanga.com/f3cd023213431105652520/b74720469.jpg
- A Short Video of the Cross Bay Bridge (http://www.cedd.gov.hk/eng/topics/tko/doc/tko_study_eng.wmv)




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Tsing Lung Bridge
(plan withdrawn and restudied)
The Tsing Lung Bridge will be a suspension bridge with a main span of 1418 metres between the towers, which is 41 metres longer than the Tsing Ma Bridge. It will become the fourth longest suspension bridge in the world upon completion. However, due to slow growth in traffic and the opposition from the residents, the plan was pulled back and might be replaced by alternate road link. Implementation time is still indefinite.
http://xa5.xanga.com/398d433313635105657975/b74724922.jpg
This figure shows the position of the Tsing Lung bridge relative to the existing Tsing Ma Bridge, Ting Kau Bridge and Kap Shui Mun bridge
http://x9a.xanga.com/1ffd353114030105658032/b74724967.jpg


http://x0a.xanga.com/1e383b7324158105650400/b74718757.jpg
If the Tsing Lung Bridge is completed, it would be an amazing scene of 4 such mego bridges in incredible close proximity. The Stonecutters Bridge is just on the bottom right of the map, on the opposite corner of the Tsing Yi Island.

Hong Kong region does not need these many bridges. The airports, ferries, existing roads, and mass transit are capable of handling traffic, perhaps more emphasis on using mass transit. I believe they're over planning growth and future usage < capacity.

^^^ If the central core can't handle the traffic, it doesn't matter how the outside network expand but it still wouldn't help the city traffic.

From capacity point of view, Tsing Lung isn't necessary. It only connects Tuen Mun and Lantau not a direct link to the boarder. Tsing Ma, Ting Kau and Route 3 serve that function better. The link is nowhere near its capacity. The problem is commercial traffic doesn't want to pay the tunnel fee and using Tuen Mun instead. But I guess it is still good to have a second link connecting Lantau and the mainland just in case there is something happen on Tsing Ma.

By vickycheng from a Hong Kong photography forum :

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Source : http://www.pbase.com/specialteam/kap_shui_mun_bridge

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Wow....Two bridges style connecting.....Look CHIC....

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By jojo1981 from a Hong Kong photography forum :

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source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59555137@N00/2070134499

:banana:

Beautifull! i just wanna drive on those bridges all day http://www.smilies-and-more.com/pics/smilies/cars/009.gif :)

HK is really amazing with those bridges... i'm surely coming one day to see that in live...

Source : http://www.aggress.hk/

http://www.aggress.hk/gallery/albums/TsingYanHill_22072006/DSC_0112.jpg

http://www.aggress.hk/gallery/albums/TsingYanHill_22072006/DSC_0131.jpg

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http://www.aggress.hk/gallery/albums/TsingYanHill_071103/DSC_1178.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/specialteam/image/88900529.jpg
^^ Lol I just noticed there was a police car/ambulance passing by, resulting in those alternating blue dots!

Source : http://www.fotop.net/Sky

http://images5.fotop.net/albums5/Sky/Tsing_Ma_Bridge/DSC_7164a.jpg

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l remember the bridge crossed on the way to the airport...just wow!

Source : http://www.fotop.net/pointed

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from carnoc.com

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Ma Wan is such a disappointment. They could've done with more spaced out towers to create a more comfortable, lower density living environment, like discovery bay, but perhaps with even better planning, instead they built just another housing estate.

Actually, Ma Wan is really serene and is extremely spacious. It's just like a resort. The towers are very short and the views are quite good - you get ocean views on both ends. Too bad it's right below the flight path though.

^^ Yea, but it's a whole line of buildings... still too high density imo, of course, it's sort of an actual residential complex as well, so I can understand, but from the air they look too close together.

^^ Yea, but it's a whole line of buildings... still too high density imo, of course, it's sort of an actual residential complex as well, so I can understand, but from the air they look too close together.

That's Hong Kong. :lol:

That's Hong Kong. :lol:

Yes, and that is why I'm a bit disappointed, would've been cool (I suppose not from the developer's POV :nuts:) if an even more resort like development was built, something very UN-Hong Kong.

Ting Kau Bridge (汀九橋)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2306/2491389268_7e6b3e8520_b.jpg
source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21078154@N07/2491389268

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By 008325 from a Hong Kong photography forum :

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Awesome Bridge :cheers:

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Beautiful lighting and colors!!

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really awesome :banana::banana::banana:

really awesome :banana::banana::banana:

That is Stonecutters Bridge - separate thread here :
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221134

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In just one year (1997-1998), HK gained 3 suspended bridges. Finally, Stonecutters will be done soon! Also looking forward to the design proposals for the Junk Bay Bridge.

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Recent findings from China University highlight research in civil engineering
14 April 2009
Science Letter

2009 APR 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study from Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, "Long-span bridges are prone to wind-induced response, and aerostatic analysis is a very important tool for predicting their behaviours under strong wind conditions. While there are many powerful commercial finite-element analysis software packages, the aerostatic stability analysis of long-span bridges cannot be conducted by using these packages because of the dependency of wind loading on the deformation of the bridge structure."

"To obtain accurate aerostatic analysis results, the effect of this type of 'load non-linearity' must be taken into account, and therefore special in-house computer programs are often required. This paper introduces a novel approach to the aerostatic stability analysis of bridge structures and presents a new algorithm based on the new approach. A commercial software package is chosen as the analysis engine and is integrated with new modules developed through application program interface (API). The aerostatic stability analysis of Hong Kong Ting Kau Bridge is conducted using this algorithm, illustrating the effectiveness of this approach," wrote H. Ma and colleagues, China University.

The researchers concluded: "The new approach is expected to be applicable to other types of advanced analyses of structures."

Ma and colleagues published the results of their research in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings (A new approach to aerostatic analysis of long-span bridges. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings, 2009;162(2):129-135).

For additional information, contact H. Ma, S China University Technology, State Key Laboratory Subtrop Bldg Science, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.

The publisher of the journal Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings can be contacted at: Thomas Telford Publishing, Thomas Telford House, 1 Heron Quay, London E14 4JD, England.

This article was prepared by Science Letter editors from staff and other reports.

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Hongkong bridges are so stunning...!!!

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Bridges can make mean streets safe
The Standard
Monday, September 07, 2009

Footbridges to ease congestion and boost safety on the busy streets of Mong Kok should be an integral part of the district's HK$100 million facelift, a Democratic Party councillor says.

The call came after almost half the 444 people polled by the party between July and August said the area is not safe for pedestrians.

Yau Tsim Mong district councillor Lam Ho-yeung suggested connecting buildings with footbridges to separate pedestrians from vehicles, adding that a new footbridge was already planned for Argyle Street.

The party also said the situation warrants an urgent review of traffic arrangements.

More than 70 percent of those surveyed blamed heavy traffic and 26 percent a lack of pedestrian crossings. Almost half said the length of time the green light is on for pedestrians is too short while 45 percent said the crossings are too narrow.

The green light time in some Mong Kok areas is as short as 10 seconds and the crossing just one meter wide.

Town planner Ng Wing-fai said the Urban Renewal Authority's facelift project will make the streets even more congested because more tourists will be drawn there.

He added that increased pedestrianization would pile traffic pressure on streets where cars are allowed.

Lam suggested converting three sites in the area covering 12,000 square meters into a transport hub for coaches and minibuses.

"Minibuses and coaches can park there to avoid clogging the traffic," he said.

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Wonderful thread and wonderful pictures! :)

:applause::applause::applause:

I hope that we can say self for the STRAIT OF MESSINA BRIDGE (Italy): :D:D
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LCQ6: Expansion of the footbridge system in Mong Kok
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Government Press Release

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Following is a question by the Hon James To Kun-sun and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms Eva Cheng, at the Legislative Council meeting today (April 21):

Question:

In his 2008-2009 Policy Address, the Chief Executive stated that the Government would "take forward pedestrian schemes to minimise vehicle-pedestrian conflicts and improve roadside air quality" and also plan to extend the footbridge system in Mong Kok to cover central Mong Kok and the Tai Kok Tsui area. The Government anticipated that the technical feasibility study on the extension of the footbridge system would be completed in early 2010. Meanwhile, it has been reported that in respect of the re-provisioning of the government facilities at Sai Yee Street to dovetail with the extension works of the footbridge system, the Secretary for Development has indicated recently the plan to relocate the offices of the Water Supplies Department (WSD) at Sai Yee Street to a factory building, so as to vacate the site for commercial and public transport interchange purposes, etc. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) of the latest progress of the above feasibility study; when it anticipates to complete the study as well as draw up the design of the plan and the construction schedule;

(b) of the progress of relocating the offices of WSD, and when it anticipates to formally implement the relocation plan; as the representatives of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) indicated earlier at a meeting of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council that a suitable location had been identified for re-provisioning the facility of FEHD adjacent to the offices of WSD, whether the Government anticipates that the relocation timetable for the facilities of the two departments can dovetail with each other, so as to vacate the two sites for combined development;

(c) given that the extension works of the Mong Kok Road footbridge system across Nathan Road were originally scheduled to commence in 2007, and have so far been delayed for quite some time, and that the Government has indicated recently that the works can commence in the fourth quarter of this year, of the reasons for repeated delays in commencing the works, the latest progress, whether the works can commence as scheduled, and when they are expected to complete; and

(d) apart from the above plan, whether the Government currently has other plans to minimise vehicle-pedestrian conflicts in the Mong Kok district, so as to improve pedestrian environment and safety; if so, of the details?

Reply:

President,

(a) Following announcement of the plan to extend the footbridge system in Mong Kok in the Policy Address delivered by the Chief Executive in October 2008, the Transport Department (TD) engaged a consultant in March 2009 to conduct an initial study on the expansion of the existing footbridge system in Mong Kok. Apart from examining various options for the footbridge proposal, the study also involved the collection of views of the relevant District Council and area committees. The study is near completion, and the Government consulted the Legislative Council Panel on Transport and the Transport Advisory Committee on the proposed initial options on January 22 and February 5, 2010 respectively. Following conclusion of the study in end April 2010, the Highways Department will proceed with the detailed technical feasibility study. We will draw up the works programme after completion of the study and confirmation of the feasibility of the works in question.

(b) According to the information provided by the Development Bureau, the Water Supplies Department (WSD) is exploring the relocation of their office to a suitable industrial building in New Territories West so as to take forward the relocation of their Sai Yee Street office in Mong Kok. At the same time, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) is studying the feasibility of relocating their Sai Yee Street facilities to West Kowloon, and a preliminary planning of the facilities is underway. After they have decided on the new sites, the WSD and FEHD will work closely with various departments concerned, in particular the respective District Offices, on the relocation timetable so as to tie in with the overall redevelopment of their existing sites in Mong Kok.

(c) The westward extension of the Mong Kok Road footbridge system straddling Nathan Road is the remaining part of the Mong Kok Road and Sai Yee Street footbridge system, which is to be constructed by a private developer. The developer has completed the preliminary investigation works for the project earlier. However, as there are legal procedures remaining to be completed, and as the works involve diversion of underground public utilities which requires careful examination of various relocation options, the construction works for the proposed footbridge could not commence as scheduled. In the interim, the Administration has kept the Legislative Council and the relevant District Council posted on developments.

The Administration and the developer have now broadly agreed on the necessary arrangements for the advance works for construction of the footbridge (including the diversion of underground public utilities), and the works are expected to commence in around the fourth quarter of this year. The relevant government departments will liaise with the developer and the public utility companies to take forward the preparatory work required prior to the commencement of works. Diversion of underground public utilities will take roughly three and a half years, while the construction of the footbridge will take about two and a half years. The Administration has informed the District Council of the latest works schedule, and will continue to liaise closely with the developer for an early start of the works.

(d) The TD will continue to monitor the traffic situation in Mong Kok. Apart from actively following up on the extension proposal for the footbridge system in Mong Kok, where necessary, it will also propose improvements and take follow-up actions to enhance the pedestrian environment in the district.

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HkSkyline, I took this picture of Tsing Ma Bridge when I was in HK on June 18, 2011. It seems there was some kind of incident. Can you tell me what it was ?

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^ I've extracted the article from the next day's Chinese media. My high-level summary translation in italics :

A bus driver suffered from a stroke and fainted at the wheel at around 4pm yesterday, crashing into a truck and then the bridge's guardrail. 3 vehicles also crashed from behind, including a tour bus, single-deck bus, and a double-deck bus. 21 people were sent to the hospital.

小巴司機中風釀三巴串燒
2011年06月19日

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【本報訊】青馬大橋發生驚險交通意外，昨午一名私家小巴司機駕車途中，疑中風暈倒，小巴失控撞向貨車再撞欄，事件導致尾隨三輛車，包括旅遊巴、單層巴士及雙層巴士連環相撞，車上乘客如「搖骰仔」，共有二十一名男女包括小巴司機受傷送院。

21人傷車龍三公里

昨午四時許，一輛接載遊客的私家小巴，由大嶼山沿青嶼幹線前往青衣，途至青馬大橋中段時，六十歲司機疑中風暈倒，小巴失控撞前方的貨車，再撼向橋邊欄杆停下，車頭損毀。此時，一輛旅遊巴士從後駛抵，司機見狀急將車煞停，惟尾隨一輛由馬灣開出的單層巴士疑收掣不及，司機急扭軚閃避，但左車頭仍猛撼旅巴右車尾，單層巴士上乘客紛紛仆前，有人撞向前面椅背受傷。

與此同時，一輛開往大角咀的雙層城巴亦疑收掣不及撞前，釀成三車「串燒」，單層巴士如「三文治」被夾在中間。意外中，連小巴司機在內，共有二十一人包括九男十二女受傷，年齡由六個月大至六十四歲，全部傷者由消防員救出，坐在路邊由救護員初步包紮後，再送院治理。受事故影響，現場交通大擠塞，車龍綿延三公里，一直排至欣澳交匯處，當局為疏導交通，開放大橋下層供出九龍車輛使用。

Wow thanks a lot for the fast and quality reply !

Judging from the news photos, the colours of the buses seem to match your photo. Was the timing about right when you passed by?

Yes, I took the shot at 4:43 PM (from the Airport Core Program Exhibition Center) so it matches perfectly !

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Amazing bridges-

Amazing bridges in China

Well great post, love to see this...thanks

It shows why China is the best country around the world. It's looking amazing Chinese's bridges. It can solve the problem of heavy traffic jam. There is lots of space for too much vehicle's transportation.

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