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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994

"IT IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED ΤΟ TRAFFIC BY

AUTUMN,

EARLIER

THAN THE OPENING DATE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED BY END OF THIS YEAR, MR WONG SAID.

CHAU,

LEI

HE SAID WITH THE HOUSING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON AP A SECOND BRIDGE LINKING AP LEI CHAU AND ABERDEEN WAS REQUIRED.

THE SECOND AP LEI CHAU BRIDGE IS LOCATED EXISTING BRIDGE AND IS OF SIMILAR PROFILE.

ADJACENT то THE

CANTILEVER

OF

CAST IN 115 METRES ACROSS

THE MAIN BRIDGE IS OF THREE SPAN BALANCED SITU CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION WITH A CENTRE SPAN ABERDEEN HARBOUR.

THIS METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IS CHOSEN FOR MAINTAINING THE NAVIGATION CHANNEL UNDER THE BRIDGE AT ALL TIMES.

PIERS WERE FIRST CONSTRUCTED NEAR THE BANKS OF

HARBOUR.

THE ABERDEEN

FIFTY-SIX SUCCESSIVE CANTILEVER SEGMENTS OF BRIDGE

WERE 3.5-METRE LONG EACH

CAST ON THE SIDES OF THE BALANCED MANNER.

DECK ABOUT PIERS

IN A

CONNECTED BY THE

LAST

EVENTUALLY, THE CANTILEVER SPANS WERE SEGMENT CAST ABOVE THE MIDDLE OF THE ABERDEEN HARBOUR.

THE NORTH APPROACH TO THE MAIN BRIDGE IS VIA A 150-METRE LONG

IS APPROACH FIVE SPAN CONTINUOUS BRIDGE DECK. THE SOUTH

VIA A A 150-METRE LONG 60-METRE LONG TWO SPAN CONTINUOUS BRIDGE DECK, AND WIDENED ROAD SUPPORTED BY CAISSON RETAINING WALL.

THE AT THE CEREMONY, MR WONG, TOGETHER WITH HONOUR SHOVELLED THE LAST POUR OF CONCRETE TO TOP OUT OF THE MAIN BRIDGE.

THE SOUTHERN THE GUESTS INCLUDED HUI YUNG-CHUNG; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OF

SOUTHERN DISTRICT

OTHER GUESTS OF THE CONNECTION

MR

COMMITTEE

DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, TRANSPORT & TRAFFIC

THE

MR BOARD,

THE MAN HON-MING; AND THE DEPUTY MANAGER SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS ROSANNA URE; OF THE CHINA ROAD AND BRIDGE CORPORATION, MR GAO BO-PING.

HONG

KONG

OF REGION SUPERVISED

THE BY

UNDERTAKEN BY THE

THE PROJECT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT. THE WORKS ARE DESIGNED AND MAUNSELL CONSULTANTS ASIA LTD AND CONSTRUCTION IS CHINA ROAD AND BRIDGE CORPORATION.

LEVEL. ANTICIPATED

THE PROJECT ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $120

THE

STARTED IN MID LAST

MILLION AT

WORKS ΤΟ BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC BY AUTUMN THIS YEAR.

AND YEAR

CURRENT PRICE THE BRIDGE IS

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