With a highly distinctive form, the bridge’s design features include a 1,018 meters long steel main span supported by two 290 meters tall concrete and stainless steel towers and a 53 meters wide deck split into two streamlined boxes connected by ross girders.
Stonecutters is one of only two cable-stayed bridges with a span in excess of 1,000 meters. The innovative bridge design provides a vertical clearance of 73.5 meters over the navigation channel. The bridge straddles the Rambler Channel at the entrance to the Kwai Chung container terminals, providing a landmark gateway to one of the world’s most vibrant trade centers. It will facilitate logistics industry development and will play an important role in coping with growing traffic between Northeast New Territories, Kowloon and western part of Hong Kong.
The 1.6km long crossing will be the centerpiece of the new Route 8 strategic link, a 7.6km dual three-lane expressway linking Cheung Sha Wan and Tsing Yi Island. The route will improve access between the International Airport and the urban areas of West Kowloon and provide enhanced links to the container port – one of the busiest in the world.
Arup provided a broad range of multi-disciplinary services to the project including civil, structural, mechanical and electrical, geotechnical, traffic, wind, marine and durability detailed engineering design and construction supervision.
