Descriptions and information
The proposed Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge (HZMB), being situated at the waters of Lingdingyang
of Pearl River Estuary, is a mega-size sea crossing linking the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(HKSAR), Zhuhai City of Guangdong Province and Macao Special Administrative Region.1
It consists of a Main Bridge in Mainland waters together with the boundary crossing facilities and link
roads within the three places. The functions of the Bridge are to meet the demand of passenger and
freight land transport among Hong Kong, the Mainland (particularly the region of Pearl River West) and
Macao, to establish a new land transport link between the east and west banks of the Pearl River, and to
enhance the economic and sustainable development of the three places
The HZMB Main Bridge runs from the artificial island off Gongbei of Zhuhai to the eastern artificial island
for the tunnel section just west of the HKSAR boundary.
The project includes a 29.6 km dual 3-lane carriageway in the form of bridge-cum-tunnel structure
comprising a tunnel of about 6.7 km; two artificial islands for the tunnel landings west of the HKSAR
boundary; and associated works including civil and structural works, environmental mitigation, drainage,
electrical and mechanical, traffic control and surveillance system.
Construction of the HZMB Main Bridge commenced in December 2009 and the completion date is under
review.
The bridge construction has been faced with many challenges, according to your understanding and
analysis of the project, please explain the following
1. In view of your academic disciplines, what are main challenge of the construction of this
bridge?
2. If you could back design the construction, operation, or management to this bridge, what
would you have done to meet with the above mentioned challenges.
Make a 2 minutes clip to elaborate your answers.