OCTOBER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994
THE 288 METRE-LONG TSING YI SIDE SPAN, COMPRISING FOUR SPANS OF STEEL DECK SECTIONS, WILL LINK THE MAIN CENTRAL SUSPENDED SPAN TO
ON TSING YI AND WILL BE ANCHORAGE
BY SUPPORTED
CONCRETE PIERS.
THREE
THE
REINFORCED
WORK ON
THE TSING YI SIDE SPAN IS DUE TO
BE
COMPLETED
NEXT
SUMMER.
IN PARALLEL WITH THIS, THE GROUND ASSEMBLY WORK FOR METRE-LONG MA WAN SIDE SPAN HAS STARTED.
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THE 495-
SIDE
THE "CONSTRUCTION OF
MA WAN SIDE SPAN HAS BEGUN AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE TSING YI SPAN," MR LAU SAID.
THE STEEL DECK
THE
SPANS TWO SIDE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THEN FABRICATED PARTLY IN UNITED KINGDOM AND PARTLY IN DUBAI, BEFORE BEING SHIPPED TO HONG FOR ASSEMBLY ON SITE.
COMPONENTS FOR
WERE
THE
KONG
STEEL DECK SECTIONS FOR THE MAIN SUSPENDED SPAN, FABRICATED DONGGUAN UNITED
AND JAPAN, ARE BEING ASSEMBLED
THE CHINA.
KINGDOM
IN
IN
OF
"CONSTRUCTION
OF THE
MAIN SPAN DECK IS DUE TO START NEXT
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SUMMER, MR LAU SAID.
"WORK ON THE TSING MA BRIDGE IS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY, WITH OVER SCHEDULE FOR THE 60 PER CENT OF THE WORK FINISHED SO FAR, WELL ON BRIDGE TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1997.
"THE
WHICH
IN APRIL
AERIAL SPINNING OF THE TWO 1.1 METRES MAIN CABLES, STARTED JUST THREE MONTHS AGO, IS ON TARGET FOR COMPLETION 1995.
FAR,
"So
MORE THAN 15,000 NUMBER OF WIRES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY BUILT BETWEEN THE BRIDGE'S HUGE CABLE ANCHORAGES ON TSING YI AND MA WAN, HE SAID.
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TSING THE
WHICH NORTH
FIXED MA BRIDGE FORMS PART OF THE LANTAU CONNECTS ROUTE 3 CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL ON TSING YI WILL LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, FORMING PART OF THE 34-KILOMETRE-LONG
TUNG HIGHWAYS LINKING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK AND THE NEW TOWN TO THE URBAN AREAS IN KOWLOON AND CENTRAL.
CROSSING TO THE
CHUNG
JOINT
THE TSING MA BRIDGE, PART OF THE ACP, IS BEING BUILT BY JAPANESE CONSTRUCTION
VENTURE UNDER THE SUPERVISION
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ANGLO
OF
THB
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT.
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