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MONDAY, JANUARY 2, 1984
WORK TO START ON TSING YI NORTH BRIDGE
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WORK ON THE NORTH TSING YI BRIDGE PROJECT WILL START IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR AND TAKE THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE.
THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER TSUEN WAN, MR NORMAN TUCKER, SAID THE DETAILED DESIGN WAS BEING COMPLETED BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS WITH A VIEW TO INVITING TENDERS EARLY THIS YEAR.
HE SAID THERE HAD BEEN 27 APPLICATIONS TO PRE-QUALIFY TO TENDER, OF WHCIH THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD HAD CHOSEN 10.
MR TUCKER SAID BUILDING THE BRIDGE WAS RELATED TO THE INTAKE OF RESIDENTS INTO A HOUSING ESTATE TO BE BUILT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF TSING YI ON THE RECLAIMED MOON TSAI TONG TYPHOON SHELTER SITE.
HE SAID THE POPULATION OF TSING YI IS ABOUT 54 000, BUT WILL GROW TO MORE THAN 220 000 BY THE EARLY 1990'S.
MR TUCKER SAID THE BALANCED CANTILEVER DESIGNED BRIDGE WILL BE 1.5 KILOMETRES LONG, INCLUDING THE APPROACH ROADS. IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED OF PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE AND THERE WILL BE A MAIN NAVIGATIONAL SPAN OF 122 METRES. IT WILL BE 20 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THE BRIDGE WILL HAVE A DUAL, TWO-LANE CARRIAGEWAY WITH CENTRAL DIVIDER AND BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING 3 000 CARS AN HOUR EACH WAY. THERE WILL BE A TWO-METRE-WIDE FOOTPATH ON THE NORTH SIDE AND A RESERVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SIMILAR WIDTH GIVING ACCESS TO UTILITY INSTALLATIONS AND FOR EMERGENCY USES.
THE TOTAL WIDTH OF THE BRIDGE IS 25.4 METRES, WHICH IS TWICE THAT OF THE EXISTING BRIDGE.
IT WILL CONNECT FROM THE TEXACO ROAD INTERSECTION ON THE TSUEN WAN BY-PASS TO A NEW INTERSECTION TO BE BUILT ON NORTH TSING YI, PASSING OVER THE SOUTH END OF NGA YING CHAU AND LANDING ON THE RECLAMATION NOW IN PROGRESS IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER.
THE PROJECT WILL COST MORE THAN $300 MILLION.
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