The main project of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has passed the national completion and acceptance.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen grass Luo Yuzi for the clue delivery! According to CTOnews.com on April 22, the main project of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has been completed and accepted by the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. According to the evaluation of the completion and acceptance committee, the main project of the bridge has achieved many of the highest in the world, and the project quality grade and comprehensive evaluation grade are excellent.

CTOnews.com previously reported that the 55-kilometer Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which opened to traffic on October 24, 2018, integrates bridges, islands and tunnels, connecting Lantau Island in Hong Kong, the Macao Peninsula and Zhuhai in Guangdong Province. The drive from Zhuhai to Hong Kong has been reduced from three and a half hours to half an hour.

The predecessor of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the original planned Lingdingyang Bridge, began construction on December 15, 2009 and officially opened on October 23, 2018. The design life of the bridge is 120 years, the seismic fortification intensity is increased to 9 degrees, and it can withstand a typhoon of magnitude 16, an impact of 300000 tons and a flood tide in the Pearl River Estuary once in 300 years.