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Structure-ID: s0000039
Created on: 28/10/98
Modified on: 13/10/06


Kap Shui Mun Bridge

Completed in: 1997
Status: in use
Location: Between Lantau Island, Islands, Hong Kong, China and Ma Wan, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Kap Shui Mun Bridge, Hong Kong.
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
multicable, fan arrangement, deck truss
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Railroad bridge [railway bridge]
Part of: Lantau Link

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Resident engineer B. Reynolds

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner Hong Kong Department of Highways
Original design Kennedy and Donkin
  Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner
  Maunsell Group
  URS Greiner Woodward Clyde
Consulting Mott MacDonald
Checking engineering Flint & Neill Partnership superstructure
  Harris and Sutherland superstructure
Co-contractor Fugro Hong Kong Ltd
  Hitachi Zosen Inc.
  Hsin Chong Group
  Kumagai Gumi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
  Maeda Corporation
  Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
Stay cables DYWIDAG-Systems International Far East Ltd.

Products used in this structure
DYNA<sup>®</sup> Bond Anchorages DYNA Bond ® Anchorages
Because the DYNA Bond® anchorage can be filled either with cement or epoxy grout, it has excellent fatigue resistance and is protected against exterior impact loads.

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
superstructure  composite steel-reinforced concrete
approaches  prestressed concrete
pylons  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  main span 430 m
  total length 820 m
deck   deck depth 7.46 m
  deck width 32.50 m
pylons   pylon height 133.00 m

Notes & Comments
The Kap Shui Mun Bridge is one of the three long span bridges linking the New Territories in Hong Kong with the Island of Chep Lap Kok, where the territory's new airport is located. The other two bridges are the Tsing Ma Bridge and the Ting Kau Bridge.

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External LinkDSI: Bond socket - here to stay! English
External LinkHong Kong Government: Lantau Link Construction Milestones English
External LinkLantau Link English
External LinkLAP: Kap Shui Mun Brücke German
External LinkRailway Technology: Lantau Link English
External LinkZenkner & Handel: Tsing Ma & Kap Shui Mun German

Relevant Literature
* Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Mawan Viaduct, in "VSL News", 1996, n. 2 v. 7 .
* Saul, Reiner   The Kap Shui Mun bridge at Hong Kong, presented at Ponts suspendus et à haubans. Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, 12.-15.10.1994.
* Saul, Reiner   Die Kap-Shui-Mun-Brücke in Hong-Kong - eine zweistöckige Schrägkabelbrücke für Straßen- und Eisenbahnverkehr (I), in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", October 1997, n. 10 v. 92 .
* Saul, Reiner   Die Kap-Shui-Mun-Brücke in Hong-Kong - eine zweistöckige Schrägkabelbrücke für Straßen- und Eisenbahnverkehr (II), in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", November 1997, n. 11 v. 92 .
* Saul, Reiner   Weitgespannte Brücken / Long-Span Bridges, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 1999, n. 8 v. 39 .
* Sham, Robin   An innovative technique for fitting trackwork alignments through the railway envelope of a cable-stayed bridge, presented at IABSE Conference, Malmö 1999 - Cable-stayed bridges. Past, present and future.
* Torres Arcila, Martha   Bridges - Ponts - Brücken, Atrium, Mexico City (Mexico) , ISBN 8495692619, 2002; pp. 328-333.

 
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