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Together with the 2.2-kilometre-long Tsing Ma suspension bridge, it will form part of the Lantau Fixed Crossing on the 34-kilometre-long highway network of the Airport Core Programme linking the new airport at Chek Lap Kok and the Tung Chung new town to urban Kowloon and Hong Kong.
The two side spans of the bridge deck and two short sections of the main span near the twin bridge towers are formed by 20 concrete segments precast on site.
Work on the side spans started in mid-July last year with the positioning of these 20 concrete segments from both Ma Wan and Lantau ends.
"Only nine months have passed and the work is now completed," Mr Yeung said.
Other works on site are also moving ahead rapidly.
"The 150-metre-tall bridge tower on Ma Wan has been completed while the tower on Lantau will be ready by the end of April.
"Construction of the 430-metre-long main span is now scheduled to commence late next month," Mr Yeung said.
A major part of the main span will be formed by precast segments made of steel and concrete. The steel frames of these main span segments are being fabricated in Shekou, China. The first batch of frames for six segments has already arrived on site and the frames are being assembled and concreted at the assembly yard on Lantau.
When ready, the segments will be transported to the Kap Shui Mun Channel by a purposely built barge, lifted up by specially designed cranes and then connected at bridge deck level.