Crosses Aberdeen Channel Clearance below 14 m (46 ft) Address Hong Kong Total length 230 m Bridge type Box girder bridge Construction cost 64 million HKD | Design Box girder bridge Construction begin 1977 (first bridge) Opened 27 July 1994 Location Ap Lei Chau Body of water Aberdeen Channel | |
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Carries Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road Locale Ap Lei Chau and Aberdeen, Hong Kong Similar Aberdeen Channel Bridge, Aberdeen Typhoon Shelters, Lei Tung Station, Aberdeen Promenade, Cheung Tsing Bridge | ||
Noisy wind and dragon boat races from ap lei chau bridge
Ap Lei Chau Bridge (traditional Chinese: 鴨脷洲大橋; simplified Chinese: 鸭脷洲大桥; Cantonese Yale: ngaap3 lei6 jau1 daai6 kiu4; pinyin: Yālìzhōu Dàqiáo) is a highway bridge in Hong Kong connecting the island of Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island) to the community of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island.
The original bridge carried one lane of traffic in each direction. Construction of a twin bridge (the Ap Lei Chau Second Bridge) to its north was started in May 1991 and completed in July 1994, so that there are now two lanes in each direction. The bridge is Ap Lei Chau's only road connection to Hong Kong Island, though it will not be the only fixed link for long as a second bridge, the Aberdeen Channel Bridge, to be used by MTR's South Island Line is under construction and will be put into use by 2017.
Legislators approved funding for the Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge on 6 March 1992. It opened on 28 July 1994. The first person to drive across it was Kwong Hong-sang, Director of Highways, officiating at the opening ceremony.