SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1994
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ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGE DECK BEGINS
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WORK ON ASSEMBLING THE HUGE DECK UNITS OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE HAS BEGUN IN CHINA.
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IT IS TAKING PLACE AT AN ASSEMBLY YARD COVERING AN AREA OF ESTABLISHED 400,000 SQUARE METRES IN SHATIAN, DONGGUAN WHICH HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY FOR THIS CONTRACT.
THE
THE BRIDGE WILL BE MADE UP OF 125 UNITS FORMING A SUSPENDED DECK WHICH WILL WEIGH 50,000 TONNES, MAKING IT
WORLD'S HEAVIEST
SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
IT WILL CARRY SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC ON THE UPPER AIRPORT RAILWAY IN THE LOWER ENCLOSED SECTION.
TWO TRAFFIC
DECK
AND THE
THE ENCLOSED SECTION WILL ALSO HAVE WILL BE USED FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WHEN STRONG WINDS OCCUR.
LANES WHICH
THE DECK UNITS ARE BEING ASSEMBLED FROM PRE-FABRICATED
SIZE AND 20 TONNES SECTIONS, UP TO 18 METRES BY FOUR METRES IN WEIGHT.
IN
BY
JOINT
THEY ARE BEING MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JAPAN
ANGLO-JAPANESE THE CONTRACTOR OF THE BRIDGE, THE
CONSTRUCTION
VENTURE.
THE SUSPENDED THE FIRST CONSIGNMENTS FOR THE 95 UNITS FORMING
CHINA. THE SPANS OF THE BRIDGE ARE NOW BEING ASSEMBLED IN
REMAINING UNITS WILL BE ASSEMBLED ON SITE IN HONG KONG.
250 TO EACH UNIT CONSISTS OF SOME
400 COMPONENTS
IN
TO SHATIAN
PUT THEM ASSEMBLY LINES HAVE BEEN SET UP MORE THAN 1,000 WORKERS IN CHINA ARE INVOLVED IN THIS WORK.
AND FOUR TOGETHER.
TO IN ADDITION APPLICATION OF THE PROTECTIVE TREATMENT TO THE UNIT WILL BE CLOSELY INSPECTED AND TESTED USING ULTRASONIC EXAMINATION AND WELDING TEST EQUIPMENT.
ASSEMBLY, THE WORK IN CHINA INVOLVES THE STEEL SECTIONS. EACH AND X-RAY
ΤΟ HONG THE FIRST OF THE DECK UNITS WILL BE TRANSPORTED
WHEN THEY IN 1995
WILL BE HOISTED
BARGES INTO PLACE FROM ATTACHMENT TO THE SUSPENSION CABLES OF THE BRIDGE.
THE TSING MA WHEN COMPLETED IN 1997, LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE WORLD CARRYING TRAFFIC.
KONG FOR
BRIDGE WILL BE THE BOTH RAIL AND ROAD
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ONE OF THE IT WILL FORM PART OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING PROJECTS IN THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME
UNDER AND IS BEING BUILT SUPERVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
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