Cheung Tsing Bridge
Cheung Tsing Bridge, formerly Rambler Channel Bridge, is a bridge crossing Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, connecting Cheung Tsing Tunnel on Tsing Yi Island and Kwai Chung section of Tsing Kwai Highway. It is part of Tsing Kwai Highway of Route 3. It is also a part of the Airport Core Programme, being a part of Route 3.
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| Part of Route 3 | |
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| Maintained by Highways Department | |
| Length | 0.5 km (0.31 mi; 1,600 ft) |
| History | Built 1997 |
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| East end | Tsing Yi |
| West end | Ha Kwai Chung |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
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 Cheung Tsing Bridge is on the left. Taken in December 2004. | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 長青橋 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长青桥 | ||||||||||||
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| Rambler Channel Bridge | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 藍巴勒海峽大橋 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蓝巴勒海峡大桥 | ||||||||||||
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Cheung Tsing Bridge, side view in August 2011
Built next to Tsing Yi Bridge, Cheung Tsing Bridge is the second bridge to connect Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi. Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge was built afterwards in 1999.
The bridge was later given the name Cheung Tsing because of its proximity to Cheung Ching Estate and Cheung Tsing Tunnel.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheung Tsing Bridge.
- "Rambler Channel". Film Services Office. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
| Preceded by Tsing Kwai Highway |
Hong Kong Route 3 Cheung Tsing Bridge |
Succeeded by Cheung Tsing Tunnel |
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