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Tsing Ma Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tsing Ma Bridge (Chinese: 青馬大橋; Cantonese: cing1 maa5 daai6 kiu4; Mandarin: Qīngmǎ dàqiáo) (named after two islands of Tsing Yi (青衣島) and Ma Wan (馬灣) in Cantonese), of Hong Kong is the world's sixth largest suspension bridge (22° 21N, 114° 04 E). The upper deck carries a dual three-lane carriageway and there are two tracks of railway and a two-lane emergency roadway in the lower deck for maintenance and the diversion of traffic during high winds. The Tsing Ma Bridge links Tsing Yi Island on the east to Ma Wan island on the west over Ma Wan Channel. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsing_Ma_Bridge   (1464 words)

Cleveland Bridge - Tsing Ma Tsing Ma Bridge carries twin three lane carriageways and two railtracks over the Ma Wan Channel in Hong Kong Harbour to connect the new international airport at Chep Lap Kok to the centre of Hong Kong. Cleveland Bridge was the lead contractor, in the international joint venture, for construction of the bridge superstructure with two 1.1m diameter cables and the continuous steel deck weighing over 30 tonnes/metre. From Tsing Ma Bridge the Cleveland Bridge team moved on to build the longest span bridge in China, the Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge — at 1385m it is 8m greater than Tsing Ma. www.clevelandbridge.com /tsing-ma.html   (318 words)

Tsing Ma Bridge The Tsing Ma Bridge, which spans 1377m across the busy Ma Wan Channel, is the second longest bridge in the world after the Humber Bridge in Britain. The Tsing Ma Bridge was designed to carry two three-lane carriageways on the upper deck and two railway tracks on the lower deck. The deck of the Tsing Ma bridge is pin-jointed to the reinforced concrete structure of the Ma Wan viaduct at one end and rests on a sliding joint which also acts as the expansion joint at the other end of Tsing Yi. www.cityu.edu.hk /CIVCAL/book/bridge.html   (1659 words)

Ting Kau Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ting Kau Bridge (汀九橋) is a 1177 m long cable-stayed bridge in Hong Kong that spans from the northwest of Tsing Yi Island and Tuen Mun Road. It is adjacent to Tsing Ma Bridge which also serves as major connector between the Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island and the rest of Hong Kong. The bridge is one of a multitude of infrastructure projects for the new Chep Lap Kok airport, located on Lantau Island some 30 km from Hong Kong island. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ting_Kau_Bridge   (539 words)

Tsing Yi - TheBestLinks.com - Hong Kong, Island, Metro, Tsing Ma Bridge, ... Tsing Yi, Hong Kong, Island, Metro, Tsing Ma Bridge, Districts of Hong Kong... Tsing Yi (青衣) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. Tsing Yi is part, together with Kwai Chung, of Tsuen Wan New Town and of the Kwai Tsing district in the New Territories. www.thebestlinks.com /Tsing_Yi.html   (236 words)

tsing ma bridge, hong kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Tsing Ma Bridge (青馬大橋) is one of the world's longest suspension bridge. It connects Tsing Yi and Ma Wan Islands in Hong Kong. With a main span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres, it is the world's longest suspension bridge carrying both road and rail traffic. www.yourencyclopedia.net /Tsing_Ma_Bridge,_Hong_Kong   (186 words)

Bridge design & engineering: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge required an expansion joint with a longitudinal movement capacity of 1820mm, while the Tagus Bridge in Lisbon required a transverse movement capacity of 500mm to cope with seismic forces. Bridges are often communication lifelines; if an earthquake causes major damage, it is important that such bridges remain useable. In addition to allowing bridge movements, large modular expansion joints for extremely long span bridge structures must allow all kinds of traffic to cross easily, while also ensuring safe transmission of braking forces and preventing skidding. www.bridgeweb.com /news/NewsDetails.cfm?ArticleID=546   (793 words)

Ma Wan -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) To the east is Ma Wan Channel, separating it with Tsing Yi Island; to the west is Kap Shui Mun, separating it with Lantau Island. The north seafront is opposite to Tsing Lung Tau on the mainland New Territories. The island is connected to Tsing Yi by the Tsing Ma Bridge (a suspension bridge), and to Lantau Island by the Kap Shui Mun Bridge (a cable-stayed bridge). psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ma_Wan   (386 words)

Ma Wan - TheBestLinks.com - Hong Kong, Island, Suspension bridge, Ferry, ... Ma Wan, Hong Kong, Island, Suspension bridge, Ferry, Tsing Ma Bridge, Districts... Ma Wan (馬灣) is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi island. It is connected to Tsing Yi by the Tsing Ma suspension bridge, and to Lantau Island by the Kap Shui Mun cable-stayed bridge. www.thebestlinks.com /Ma_Wan.html   (220 words)

Real-Time Kinematic Spans the Gap - Modern cable-supported bridges carry enormous loads across great distances, in part ... Until recently, the WASHMS for Tsing Ma Bridge (TMB), Kap Shui Mun Bridge (KSMB) and Ting Kau Bridge (TKB) consisted of 774 sensors in seven major types: anemometers, temperature sensors, dynamic weigh-in-motion sensors, accelerometers, displacement transducers, level sensing stations, and strain gauges. For the TMB suspension bridge, GPS-OSIS measures the displacements of main suspension cables and deck-sections. For the cable-stayed bridges, GPS-OSIS measures the displacements of deck-sections and towers. www.gpsworld.com /gpsworld/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=3037   (3611 words)

MacRobert Award 1998 Finalists - Mott MacDonald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Tsing Ma Bridge was opened in May 1997 and is the world's longest span bridge capable of carrying both road and rail traffic. The bridge is the key element of the Lantau Link, the all-weather fixed crossing between the densely populated area of Kowloon and Hong Kong's new airport at Chek Lap Kok. The bridge had to carry a dual three-lane expressway and two high-speed railway tracks and be able to continue operations in very high winds. www.raeng.org.uk /prizes/macrobert/finalists/1998/mott.htm?print=true   (218 words)

lupu Bridge in Shanghai, China is the longest Arch Bridge in the World The completion of the bridge in 1957 marked one of Communist China's first great engineering achievements, because until then all road and rail traffic had to be laboriously ferried across the river. The second bridge, built of press-stressed concrete, has a central span of 400 meters long with double bridgeheads and two cabled sides.The Wuhan Second Changjiang River Bridge is 4,678 meters in length (including 1,877 meters of the main bridge) and 26.5 to 33.5 meters in width. At this junction, there is a bridge called the Maple Bridge (Fengqiao), which dates back at least to the Tang dynasty, as there is a well-known poem by the Tang poet, Zhang Ji, entitled, “Mooring to the Maple Bridge at Night”. www.chinapage.com /bridge/shanghai/lupu/lupu.html   (646 words)

Cleveland Bridge - Bridge Building Cleveland Bridge is highly experienced in managing the suppliers and sub-contractors for the wide range of products and activities which make up a major bridge in addition to the structural steel - operating as a main contractor. Modifying or strengthening bridges in service can be technically very challenging – particularly in traffic management during construction and maintaining its integrity and safeguarding the users and workers. Cleveland Bridge is one of the very few British firms offering a competent service to clients for moving bridges and structures, backed by its strong engineering and construction team which can manage the variety of disciplines involved. www.clevelandbridge.com /bridgebuilding.html   (408 words)

Tsing Ma Bridge,Hong Kong The Tsing Ma Gigantic Bridge stretching from Tsing Yi Isle to Ma Wan (Bay), 22,000 meters long, is the longest suspension bridge for both vehicle and railway purposes in the world. The Tsing Yi Trunkroute Viewing Terrace to the northwest of Tsing Yi Isle and the Visiting Guest Centre are places for watching and familiarizing with the Tsing Ma Gigantic Bridge with entertainment. Linking Tsing Yi and Lantau's transportation, another bridge known as Kap Shui Man Bridge, 1670 meters long, is also the longest hoisting cabled bridge providing for both vehicle traffic and railway transportation. www.orientaltravel.com /province/city/area/HK_Tsing_Ma_Bridge.htm   (194 words)

Tsingma bridges Erection of temporary footbridges, or catwalks, between the two towers of Tsing Ma Bridge is expected to be completed in June 1994, enabling spinning of the main cables to begin in July 1994. The bridge deck will be suspended from two main cables passing over the main towers and secured into massive concrete anchorages at each end, on Tsing Yi and Ma Wan islands. The bridge deck, formed by 96 fabricated steel sections measuring some 40m wide by 7.3m deep, is supported at intervals of 18m throughout is length by suspenders connected to the main cables. www.cse.polyu.edu.hk /~ctbridge/case/tsingma.htm   (397 words)

Bridges / Tunnels The Tsing Ma Bridge is a combined highway and railway suspension bridge consisting of two portal-type concrete towers, each 200 meters tall, that support the bridge's 2,172-meter length (1,377-meter clear span). The Bridge was commissioned by The Government of Hong Kong, Highways Department (Government). As a result of Contractor-proposed changes to the suspension cable, bridge deck (from cast-in-place concrete for each segment to precast panels for each segment) and cable anchorage, the design of the structural steel was changed. www.nielsen-wurster.com /bridges___tunnels.htm   (412 words)

Essay or Coursework : The 4 major types of bridges and the main factors which needed to be considered when building ... The 4 major types of bridges and the main factors which needed to be considered when building bridges. In this report, we will be looking at the 4 major types of bridges and the main factors which needed to be considered when building bridges. For each type of bridges and particular factors which needed to be considered when building bridges, there will be analysis for the real cases of bridges around the Earth of some of them. www.coursework.info /i/54263.html   (362 words)

Historic Bridge Foundation - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Railroad Bridge Monitoring Project Union Pacific bridge 844.7 spanning the Brazos River at Waco, Texas, will be instrumented with fiber optic sensors to measure dynamic strains induced by trains crossing the bridge and the onset of cracks in ther support structure. National Bridge Inventory The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) is the collection of over 600,000 bridges on public roads throughout the U.S. National Park Service search engine Type in "bridges" to find nearly 5000 entries, including natural bridges. Ireland and England History of the bridges of the Menai Straits, the Britannia Bridge. www.historicbridgefoundation.com /ipages/links/links.html   (722 words)

The Tsing Ma Bridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Tsing Ma Bridge is the world's longest span suspension bridge carrying both road and railway traffic. The bridge towers were constructed by slip forming, and the heavy steel saddles lifted into position by jacks. Connection of the erected deck sections then began, along with installation of the railway tracks, and this was followed by laying of the roadway surfacing and a multitude of other finishing works. www.tsingma.com.hk /Web_pages/Intro_tmca/tsing_ma_bridge_e.htm   (220 words)

Bridges - Hong Kong Ting Kau Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge - Jeremy Lam - 98/187 - World Wide Panorama Bridges - Hong Kong Ting Kau Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge - Jeremy Lam - 98/187 - World Wide Panorama Hong Kong Ting Kau Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge The Tsing Ma Bridge(on left), which spans 1377m across the busy Ma Wan Channel, is the second longest bridge in the world after the Humber Bridge in Britain. geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp904/html/JeremyLam.html   (568 words)

Tsing Ma Bridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) The Tsing Ma Bridge has become internationally-known and a major Hong Kong landmark. Its main span of 1,377 metres is the world's longest carrying both road and railway, and its concrete towers is 206 metres tall. Construction of Tsing Ma Bridge commenced in May 1992 and completed in May 1997. www.civl.port.ac.uk /comp_prog/bridges1/TsingMa.htm   (88 words)

linbeck rausch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) A crowd of 2000,000 witnessed the spectacular lighting, firework and laser display to mark the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge on 27 April 1997. Guest of honor Lady Margaret Thatcher, in her speech before Governor Chris Patten, Chief Secretary Anson Chan and 1,000 invited guests, said the bridge - the world's longest road-rail suspension bridge - was a symbol of Hong Kong's Continued prosperity. The 2.2km bridge is part of the transport system linking Kowloon peninsula with Lantau for the first time. www.lighting-linx.com /linbeck_rausch/tsingma_page3.html   (139 words)

Tsing Ma Bridge breaks all records, says Kvaerner president & CEO - KVAERNER ASA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Speaking at the official opening of the bridge by Baroness Thatcher, Kvaerner president and CEO Mr Erik Tonseth, said: Tsing Ma Bridge is the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world to carry both road and rail traffic. Typhoons and logistical complexity of lifting the 1,000-tonne deck sections 70 metres into the air from the sea, were just two of the many difficult issues Kvaerner had to take into account in the construction of Tsing Ma Bridge. Having built the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Humber Bridge and Victoria Falls Bridge, Kvaerner is also the only company in the world to have added a third suspension cable to an existing bridge - the Rodenkirchen Suspension Bridge in Cologne, Germany. www.kvaerner.com /text.cfm?ID=2-44-52-680   (515 words)

Tsing Ma Bridge Photo Gallery by Alex Lau at pbase.com This bridge is currenlty the 5th largest suspension bridge in the world i've went to hk before and i went on the tsing ma bridge..... Tsing ma bridge is located in Hong Kong www.pbase.com /alex1030/tsing_ma_bridge   (89 words)

Two runners critically ill after HK marathon - Boston.com HONG KONG (Reuters) - Twenty-two people were taken to hospital, two in critical condition, after taking part in Hong Kong's biggest marathon as the territory was hit by the worst air pollution in months, the government said on Monday. A record 40,000 people took part in Sunday's Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon and many complained of the thick smog which obscured the Tsing Ma Bridge, a key landmark along the route. Of the two runners who were critically ill, one collapsed near the finish in Wanchai, an area where the air pollution index (API) soared to nearly 150, the highest level since September 2005. www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/02/13/two_runners_critically_ill_after_hk_marathon   (570 words)

Webshots of bridges for your desktop In cooperation with Webshots, the number one photo wallpaper and screen saver on the net, ABCD presents a collection of bridge images from around the world for use on your desktop. Also, if you are a member of ABCD, and you have a good quality image of a bridge that you would like to see available in Webshots here's what to do: email us an 800 x 600 pixel image in any format and include the name and location of the structure. It can be a shot of a bridge that you or your company worked on, or just a bridge that you like. abcdpittsburgh.org /webshots.htm   (253 words)

Leica Geosystems - Tsing Ma bridge - Hong Kong The clear span of the 2.2km long Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong is 1377m, 100m longer than San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Officially opened in 27th April 1997, the Tsing Ma will rate an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest suspension bridge for both rail and road traffic. Below these and inside giant steel element, there are two rail tracks and two more lanes for emergency use by motor vehicles. leica-geosystems.com /corporate/en/solutions/engineering/lgs_2167.htm   (152 words)

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