- Ma Wan Viaduct
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carries= Route 8
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maint= Tsing Ma Management Limited,Hong Kong [http://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/transport.pdf Hong Kong Factsheet: Transport] ]
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design= Concrete box girder
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long=Ma Wan Viaduct is a viaduct built over
Ma Wan , an island in theHong Kong Special Administrative Region of thePeople's Republic of China . The viaduct connects theTsing Ma Bridge andKap Shui Mun Bridge , and is part of theLantau Link (formerly known as Lantau Fixed Crossing) and Route 8. It was opened in 1997 and was built to privde access to theHong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok Airport) as part of theAirport Core Programme . [ [http://www.info.gov.hk/napco/p-llink.html Lantau Link (Hong Kong Airport Core Programme)] ]It is Convert|503|m|ft|0|abbr=on long and has six spans. The Ma Wan Viaduct has the same cross section as the Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Mun Bridges: a dual three-lane carriageway on the upper deck and two tracks of railway and a two lanes of roadway in the enclosed lower deck. The lanes on the lower deck provide for maintenance and the diversion of traffic during high winds. The railway carries the Tung Chung and Airport Express lines of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR).
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* [http://www.info.gov.hk/napco/index-e.html Hong Kong Airport Core Programme]
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