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Kap Shui Mun Bridge
General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cable-stayed bridge with semi-fan system |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Material: |
Steel-reinforced concrete composite bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Lantau Island, Islands, Hong Kong, China Ma Wan, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Connects to: |
Ma Wan Viaduct (1997)
|
| Coordinates: | 22° 20' 39.00" N 114° 3' 20.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| vertical navigation clearance | 47 m | |
| deck | deck depth | 7.46 m |
| deck width | 32.50 m | |
| pylons | pylon height | 133.00 m |
Design Loads
| design code(s) | BS 5400 | |
| design speed (rail) | 135 km/h | |
| design speed (road) | 100 km/h |
Materials
| superstructure |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| approach viaducts |
prestressed concrete
|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
Notes
The Kap Shui Mun Bridge is one of the three long span bridges linking the New Territories in Hong Kong with the Island of Chep Lap Kok, where the territory's new airport is located. The other two bridges are the Tsing Ma Bridge and the Ting Kau Bridge.
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Participants
Initial construction (1992-1997)
Owner
Original design
- Kennedy and Donkin
- Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Beratende Ingenieure VBI AG
- Maunsell Group
- URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
Consulting
Checking engineering
- Flint & Neill (superstructure)
- Harris and Sutherland (superstructure)
Co-contractor
- Fugro Hong Kong Ltd
- Hitachi Zosen Inc.
- Hsin Chong Group
- Kumagai Gumi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
- Maeda Corporation
- Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
Resident engineering
- B. Reynolds (resident engineer)
Stay cables
Cable refurbishment (2006)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2002): Bridges - Ponts - Brücken. Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico), pp. 328-333.
- (2001): Finite-Element Model Updating for the Kap Shui Mun Cable-Stayed Bridge. In: Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE), v. 6, n. 4 (August 2001), pp. 285-293.
- (1999): An innovative technique for fitting trackwork alignments through the railway envelope of a cable-stayed bridge. Presented at: IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future, pp. 501-510.
- Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Mawan Viaduct. In: VSL News, v. 7, n. 2 ( 1996), pp. 3.
- (1994): The Kap Shui Mun bridge at Hong Kong. Presented at: Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994, pp. 405.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000039 - Date created
28/10/1998 - Last Update
05/02/2016