1、Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridgeto make the world convenient姓名日期1.第1页，共15页。Contents4、The Immersed Tube Tunnel2、Features and Difficulties5、The Significances 1、Brief Introduction3、Two Artificial Islands2.第2页，共15页。3.工程工程总体方案总体方案 The first major combined bridge and tunnel sea-crossing project in China.Cost
2、 approximately RMB 105 billion.Construction began in 15 December 2009 at Zhuhai.Will reduce travel time from Hong Kong to Macau or Zhuhai from over three hours to just half an hour.3.第3页，共15页。1.Brief IntroductionHong KongZhuhaiMacau Bridge:the worlds longest sea-crossing bridge,one of the most chall
3、enging constructions of its kind undertaken in the world to date.4.第4页，共15页。l Two artificial islandsl An immersed tube tunnell The Y-shaped bridge 1.Brief Introduction5.第5页，共15页。Total lenght:49.97 kilometersUnderwater tunnel:6.7 kilometers Bridge over the sea:23 kilometers Macau Link RoadZhuhai Link
4、 RoadOffshore Bridge-and-TunnelHKLink RoadHK port1.Brief Introduction6.第6页，共15页。1.the life span of the bridge is set at 120 years.2.It reportedly can stand magnitude-8 earthquake,scale-16 typhoon as well as the collision with a 300,000-ton ship1.Brief Introduction7.第7页，共15页。this project features a d
5、esign-and-build contract,coordination of the three regional governments in the construction and management,and close attention from the society.Moreover,there are environmental constraints as the alignment runs across the national conservation area for the Chinese white dolphins,as well as complicat
6、ed navigation traffic conditions as the route crosses the busiest shipping area of the Lingding Sea.2.Features and Difficulties8.第8页，共15页。Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is the national key project featured with strategic significance,large involvement,highly difficult level of construction,long const
7、ruction time,high requirement on technical design and environmental protection,many participant parties,complex management and coordination.2.Features and Difficulties9.第9页，共15页。3.Two Artificial Islandsthe West Artificial Islandthe East Artificial Island10.第10页，共15页。The East Island has 59 round stee
8、l cylinders圆钢筒.The West Island has 61 round steel cylinders.The diameter of a single cylinder is 22.0m,and the cylinder wall is 16mm thick.The height of round steel cylinder is 40.5m to 50.5m.The round steel cylinder weighs 445t to 507t.3.Two Artificial Islands11.第11页，共15页。4.The Immersed Tube Tunnel
9、12.第12页，共15页。The water resistance ratio must be limited to 10%to prevent accumulation of sediment at the Lingdingyang Channel,otherwise it will impose serious impact on the Pearl River flow path and flood-discharge capacity,according to a government report.Due to the long distances between the citie
10、s,the project is actually a series of bridges and tunnels,connected by artificial islands，this was the first time China has built an immersed tube tunnel（沉管隧道）in open waters.The 33 tubes will compose a 5.6-kilometer immersed-tube tunnel,which is designed to be an important part of the bridge.Each of
11、 the tube,with a weight of 80,000 tons and a length of 180 meters,takes about two months to build.4.The Immersed Tube Tunnel13.第13页，共15页。5.The SignificancesBritish newspaper“The Guardian”named the megastructure one of its“seven wonders of the modern world near completion.”It will be the first new la
12、nd transport link between the east and west coasts of the Pearl River,The bridge will benefit the economic development of the whole of the Delta.The bridge will create a regional transport network,improving upon what is considered to be a weak land transport network currently in place14.第14页，共15页。The End!Thanks for your attention!15.第15页，共15页。
