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Sai Van Bridge

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Bridge in Macau Peninsula and Taipa

22°10′20″N 113°32′10″E / 22.17222°N 113.53611°E / 22.17222; 113.53611Carries6 lanes of roadway (upper), 2 Macau LRT rail tracks (lower)CrossesPraia Grande BayLocaleMacau Peninsula and TaipaOfficial namePonte de Sai VanCharacteristicsDesignCable-stayed bridgeTotal length2,200 metres (7,218 ft)Width28 metres (92 ft)Longest span180 metres (591 ft)HistoryOpened19 December 2004StatisticsDaily trafficcarsTollfreeLocation Map

Sai Van Bridge

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

西灣大橋

Simplified Chinese

西湾大桥

Literal meaning

west bay bridge

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīwān Dàqiáo
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	sai1 waan1 daai6 kiu4

Portuguese name

Portuguese

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 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi) 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]

References

^ "Rosário Takes 22 Lawmakers on Their 1st LRT Ride". Macao News. July 30, 2019.
^ https://www.tdm.com.mo/en/news-detail/907256 ^{[bare URL]}
^ https://www.tdm.com.mo/en/news-detail/908156?lang=en&isvideo=false ^{[bare URL]}

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sai Van Bridge.

MGTO – Sightseeing: Brief introduction to the bridge by Macau Government Tourist Office
Administrative Regulation No. 21/2005, "Sai Van Bridge Regulation" – in Chinese and in Portuguese via the official website of the Printing Bureau.

Bridges and tunnels in Macau