香港旅遊景點介紹---青馬大橋(Tsing Ma Bridge)

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The magnificent Tsing Ma Bridge, the world's longest span suspension bridge carrying both road and rail traffic, is the key connection between Hong Kong and its international airport on Lantau Island. The bridge is 2.2 kilometres long, with the main span measuring 1,377 metres. The towers supporting the bridge are 206 metres high with a clearance of 62 metres. Approximately 49,000 tonnes of structural steel was used in the construction of the bridge, which cost HK$7.14 billion to build. This was only 5% of the total cost of HK$155.3 billion for all the Airport Core Projects, acclaimed as one of the top 10 construction projects of the 20th Century - rivalling such projects as the building of the Panama Canal, the Anglo-French Channel Tunnel and the Golden Gate Bridge

The bridge consists of a six-lane open roadway with two railway lines and a two-lane road enclosed beneath. If a particularly severe typhoon strikes Hong Kong, and the bridge has to be closed to road traffic, the trains and some road traffic can still get back and forth to the airport with passengers and their luggage.

Opened mid-1997, this engineering marvel is now Hong Kong's proud new landmark, massively imposing by day, and a twinkling network of lights by night. The Lantau Link View Point and Visitors Centre north of the bridge on Tsing Yi provide excellent views of this and two adjoining bridges.

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How To Get There
Tsing Ma Bridge
1. To get to the Lantau Link Visitors Centre, take a taxi or green minibus 308M* from MTR Tsing Yi Station Exit A1.
308M minibus schedule:
From MTR Tsing Yi Station(at one-hour intervals)
10am-4pm, Monday - Friday;
9.30am - 6:30pm, Saturday, Sunday & public holidays;
To MTR Tsing Yi Station (at one-hour intervals)
10:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday;
10am - 7pm, Saturday, Sunday & public holidays.
*Please double-check with the minibus driver before boarding, because some buses do not stop at the Lantau Link Visitors Centre.

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青馬大橋是全球最長的行車鐵路雙用吊橋，更是大嶼山香港國際機場及市區的主要連接幹線。


青馬大橋自1992年5月起開始興建，歷時五年竣工，於1997年5月投入服務，與另一條跨海吊橋－汲水門大橋，合組成為青嶼幹線的一部分。大橋橋身長度為2.2公里，主跨長度1,377米，離海面高62米。其混凝土橋塔高206米，採用的吊纜鋼線總長度達16萬公里，單是結構鋼重量便高達4萬9千公噸，1992年造價71.44億港元，但這只是佔整個「機場核心計劃」1,553億港元成本的5%而已。


大橋擁有六條露天行車道，在其下覆蓋有兩條鐵路軌及另外兩條行車道。假如颱風襲港、風速太高，橋面將會封閉，但大橋下層的鐵路服務及有限度的交通服務，仍可接載旅客往返機場。


青馬大橋不但創造了世界最長同類型吊橋紀錄，包括大橋在內的「機場核心計劃」，更於1999年榮獲美國建築界權威及編輯選為「二十世紀十大建築成就獎」得主之一，與巴拿馬運河、英法海峽隧道及三藩市金門大橋等其他九項工程同享殊榮。


青馬大橋現已成為香港引以為傲的地標建築。大橋日間的景觀壯麗宏偉，晚間橋上的燈光映照出一幅絢麗耀目的景象。在大橋北端的青嶼幹線觀景台，也可欣賞到青馬大橋和汀九橋的壯闊全貌。

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如何前往青馬大橋
1. 於港鐵青衣站A1出口乘308M線綠色小巴*至訪客中心下車
308M線小巴班次:
港鐵青衣站出發(每小時一班)－逢星期一至五上午10:00至下午4:00;星期六、日及公眾假期上午9:30至下午6:30。返回港鐵青衣站(每小時一班)－逢星期一至五上午10:30至下午4:30;星期六、日及公眾假期上午10:00至晚上7:00。
2. 於港鐵青衣站A1出口乘計程車至訪客中心下車。
*註：部份308M線綠色小巴不在訪客中心停站，請於登車時再向小巴司機查詢。