Stonecutters Bridge Hong Kong, China
Key Data:
Bridge type
Cable-stayed highway bridge (semi-fan arrangement)
Length
1,596m
Main span
1,018m
Pylon height
295m
Length of side spans
2 x 289m
Deck width
51m (including 14m gap between the two carriageways)
Pylon foot
24m x 18m
Deck of main span
Steel
Deck of side spans
Concrete
Pylon
Concrete below level +175m and concrete with stainless steel skin above
Construction begins
January 2004
Completion date
2009
Cost
Approximately $5bn
Key Players:
Sponsor
Highways Department, Hong Kong SAR
Design concept
Dissing+Weitling, Flint & Neill Partnership, Halcrow Group, Shanghai Construction Engineering Group
Modelling work
Ancon Building Products, AvestaPolarit, Barnshaw Bending, Metal Improvement Company
Detailed design
Ove Arup & Partners in association with COWI Consulting Engineers A/S and BMT Asia Pacific Ltd
Construction supervision
Ove Arup & Partners in association with COWI Consulting Engineers A/S and BMT Asia Pacific Ltd
Independent design appraisal
Mott Connell Limited
Construction
Maeda-Hitachi-Yokogawa-Hsin Chong Joint Venture, Nippon Steel, CTL Group, Maunsell AECOM
