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Structure-ID: s0000078
Created on: 28/10/98
Modified on: 13/10/06


Ting Kau Bridge

Built: 1995 - 1998
Status: in use
Location: Between Tsing Yi, Kwai Tsing, Hong Kong, China and Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, China
Ting Kau Bridge, Hong Kong.
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
multicable, fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Part of: Lantau Link

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Jörg Schlaich
Engineer Mike Schlaich

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Hong Kong Government
Client Hong Kong Department of Highways
Design Binnie Consultants Ltd.
  Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner sbp gmbh
Wind tunnel testing Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc.
Checking engineering Flint & Neill Partnership
Co-contractor Cubiertas y MZOV
  Downer & Co. Ltd
  Ed. Züblin AG
  Entrecanales y Tavora S.A.
  Paul Y. Construction Co. Ltd.
Precastor Redland Precast Concrete Products Ltd
Subcontractor Chevalier
  Gammon Construction Ltd piles
  Magicon Wenden
Earthworks Wai Kee (Zens)
Stay cables Freyssinet International
Prestressing DYWIDAG-Systems International Far East Ltd.
Material supplier Moog
Concrete supplier Redland Concrete Ltd.
Steel supplier Daido Steel Works
Reinforcing steel Shougang Concord
Bearings FIP Industriale S.p.A.
Expansion joints mageba sa
Roadway cover Pioneer Asphalt
Formwork RMD Kwikform
Construction supervision Flint & Neill Partnership

Products used in this structure
DYWIDAG bonded strand tendon prestressing system DYWIDAG Bonded Post-Tensioning Systems Using Strands
DYWIDAG Bonded Post-Tensioning Systems Using Strands have been used for decades: in bridge construction, the construction of reservoirs and for many other engineering structures above and below ground as well as off-shore.
Finished mageba Pendulum Bearing mageba Special Bearings
mageba has more than 40 years manufacturing know-how in the manufacturing of special bearings.
Production of a Modular Expansion Joint of the type LR16 (max. linear movement 1280 mm) TENSA®MODULAR Type LR
Modular Expansion Joints can be constructed for any movements, from about 100 mm up to 2,000 mm and more. They allow movements in all 3 directions and rotations around all 3 axes.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
towers  reinforced concrete
deck slab  reinforced concrete
cross beams  steel
girders  steel
Dimensions
  total length 1 675 m
cables   strands per cable 20 - 60 (15 mm)
deck   width 2 x 18.77 m
  number of lanes 2 x 3
main bridge   total length 1 177 m
  span lengths 127 m - 448 m - 475 m - 127 m
piers   height max. 65 m
  number of piers 21
pylon Central   height 194 m
pylon head Central   height 31 m
  weight 190 m
pylon head Ting Kau   height 21 m
  weight 140 t
pylon head Tsing Yi   height 162 m
  weight 140 t
pylon Ting Kau   height 167 m
pylon Tsing Yi   height 162 m
stay cables   number of cables 384
Quantities used in construction
  volume of extracted material 675 000 m3
  volume of earthworks 50 000 m3

Relevant Web Sites
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External Link15 Most Outstanding Projects in Hong Kong: Route 3 from Ting Kau to Au Tau English
External LinkBuckland & Taylor: Ting Kau Bridge English
External LinkDSI: Hong Kong: Tin Kau Bridge and approach viaducts English
External LinkHong Kong Highways Department: Major Projects: Ting Kau Bridge English
External LinkSchlaich Bergermann und Partner English German Spanish
External LinkSchlaich Bergermann und Partner: Ting Kau Bridge English
External LinkSchlaich Bergermann und Partner: Ting Kau Bridge Spanish
External LinkSchlaich Bergermann und Partner: Ting Kau Brücke, Hong Kong German
External LinkTsing Ma: The Ting Kau Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 26-27.
* Bergermann, Rudolf   The Ting Kau Bridge in Hong Kong, presented at Long-Span and High-Rise Structures, IABSE Symposium, Kobe, 1998.
* Bergermann, Rudolf   Ting Kau Bridge, Hong Kong, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1996, n. 3 v. 6 .
* Bergman, Don   Ting Kau cable-stayed bridge: challenges in the construction process, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
* Bögle, Annette   leicht weit / Light Structures, Prestel Verlag, Munich (Germany) , ISBN 3791329189, 2004; pp. 200-205.
* Fuzier, J.-P.   Du pont de Normandie (France) au pont de Ting Kau (Hong-Kong), presented at La Technique française du béton, XIIIe congrès de la FIB, Amsterdam 1998.
* Holgate, Alan   The Art of Structural Engineering, Edition Axel Menges, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3930698676, 1997; pp. 193.
* Reina, Peter   Ting Kau Crossing Finished Hong Kong's Airport Approach, in "Engineering News Record", 18 May 1998 .
* Schlaich, Mike   Balanceakt: Die Ting-Kau-Brücke in Hongkong, in "Deutsche Bauzeitung", May 1998, n. 5 v. 132 .
* Schlaich, Mike   Erection of Cable-Stayed Bridges Having Composite Decks with Precast Concrete Slabs, in "Journal of Bridge Engineering (ASCE)", September - October 2001, n. 5 v. 6 .
* Schlaich, Mike   Monoleg Towers with Transverse Stabilising Cables, in "Structural Engineering International", November 1998, n. 4 v. 8 .
* Ting Kau Contractors Joint Venture   Ting Kau Bridge and Approach Viaduct (Video CD), Hong Kong (China) , 1998.
* Torres Arcila, Martha   Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 380-383.

 
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