Sai Van Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Sai Van Bridge
Official Name:Ponte de Sai Van
Carries:6 lanes of roadway (upper), 2 Macau LRT rail tracks (lower)
Crosses:Praia Grande Bay
Locale:Macau Peninsula and Taipa
Design:Cable-stayed bridge
Mainspan:180m (590feet)
Length:2200m (7,200feet)
Width:28m (92feet)
Traffic:cars
Open:19 December 2004
Toll:free
Coordinates:22.1722°N 113.5361°W
Piccap:Ponte de Amizade and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal
T:西灣大橋
S:西湾大桥
J:sai1 waan1 daai6 kiu4
P:Xīwān Dàqiáo
L:west bay bridge
Por:Ponte de Sai Van

The Sai Van Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Macau, it was inaugurated on December 19, 2004. The bridge measures 2.21NaN1 long and is the third one to cross the Praia Grande Bay connecting Taipa Island and Macau Peninsula on Hsiang-shan Island. It features a double-deck design, with an enclosed lower deck to be used in the event of strong typhoons when the other two bridges connecting Taipa and Macau Peninsula, both of which are single-deck, namely Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho and Ponte de Amizade, are closed. It is the world's first prestressed concrete double-deck main beam cable-stayed bridge and the world's largest-span double-deck concrete bridge. The lower deck of the bridge also carries the Macau Light Transit System,[1] which started revenue operation almost nineteen years later on 8 December 2023.[2] [3]

See also

External links

Brief introduction to the bridge by Macau Government Tourist Office

Notes and References

  1. News: July 30, 2019 . Rosário Takes 22 Lawmakers on Their 1st LRT Ride . Macao News .
  2. https://www.tdm.com.mo/en/news-detail/907256
  3. https://www.tdm.com.mo/en/news-detail/908156?lang=en&isvideo=false