WNAM REPORT: Huangmao Sea Channel Bridge, a major part of the integrated multidimensional transportation networks in south China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), is scheduled to open to traffic at 3 p.m. local time (7 a.m. GMT) on Wednesday, after four and a half years of construction.
The bridge, connecting Zhuhai City and Jiangmen City in south China’s Guangdong Province, is another mega cross-sea channel project after the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Channel in the area.
The installation of all electromechanical equipment for the bridge has been completed, according to local authorities.
The construction of the bridge began on June 6, 2020. Measuring 31 kilometers in total length, the bridge adopts a standard two-way, six-lane highway structure with a designed speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
Once opened, it cuts the travel time between Zhuhai and Jiangmen from over an hour to around 30 minutes.
The landmark project is expected to further enhance connectivity and foster economic integration in the GBA, a megalopolis comprising the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao and nine cities in the neighboring Guangdong Province.
China aims to build the GBA into a role model of high-quality development, an international first-class bay area and a world-class city cluster, as a key development strategy in the country’s reform and opening up.
