It connects Hong Kong with mainland China, but the mega-bridge is not without controversy. It connects Hong Kong with mainland China, but the mega-bridge is not without controversy.
If you take the bus, via the Zhuhai Macau Bridge to go to Zhuhai, you need to do immigration 3 times - Enter Hong Kong at the airport, Exit Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Port facility, then Enter China at the Zhuhai Port facility. It is likely not the quickest route if you count all the time spent in immigration queues and queues at the bus depots.
The 29.6km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) was inaugurated in October 2018. Measuring 55km-long, including connecting roads, it is the world’s longest sea bridge. It connects the west side of Hong Kong to Macau and the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province.
Travellers may arrive at the Hong Kong Port by taking local public transportation (including franchised bus, green minibus, taxi and non-franchised bus) from different districts in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Port will also provide no less than 650 parking spaces for local private cars. Visitors who arrive at the Hong Kong Port by public.
A bridge which connects Hong Kong with Macau and Zhuhai, is the world’s longest sea crossing. The unusual bridge come tunnel system consist of a series of three cable-stayed bridges and one undersea tunnel, as well as two artificial islands for a total length of 55 km.
Hong Kong Section The 55-km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), comprising the 12km Hong Kong Link Road, 29.6km Main Bridge and 13.4km Zhuhai Link Road, is the longest bridge-cum-tunnel sea crossing in the world.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge is the longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing and the longest and deepest undersea tunnel, which took over 400,000 tons of steel to build. The 55 km-long bridge-island-tunnel system crosses the waters of the Lingdingyang channel in the Pearl River Estuary linking Hong Kong in the east with Zhuhai and Macao in the west.
The much anticipated mega bridge connecting Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai will open on October 23. Here are five things you need to know about it.
The Shenzhen Bay joint checkpoint and Hong Kong International Airport remain open, as does the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Hundreds of hospital workers in Hong Kong went on strike on Monday demanding a total closure of all borders with China.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is a bridge-tunnel-bridge connection between these three important cities situated alongside the Pearl River Delta. Because of the scale and innovative character of the project it will certainly be one of the most prestigious objects of South China. Construction started in 2009 and the connection has been opened for the public in 2018.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is part of a wider government plan to invest in infrastructure that will greatly enhance connectivity between Hong Kong and its neighbouring regions. Hong Kong plays a crucial role as China’s southern gateway, and the ease of connecting with the mainland provides the city with an edge in attracting more British and international visitors.
Experience a crossing on the newly opened Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Macau Bridge. Spanning 55km the bridge conveniently connects the 3 cities and is the longest sea crossing in the world. With pick-up from selected hotels and accompanied with our local guide transfer to the Hong Kong Bridge Port to start your journey on the Golden Bus to Macau (public bus).
The lasted Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) has finally finished at the end of September 2018 after 9-year construction, giving one more option for travelling between Hong Kong and Macau. If you are not limited by budget, the helicopter is undoubtedly the coolest and fastest way.
Arup has extensive involvement in the ambitious Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project which consists of a series of bridges and tunnels connecting the three major cities on the Pearl River Delta in China. On the Macau side, Arup was commissioned by the Macau government in 2006 to undertake the feasibility study of the Macau Boundary Crossing Facilities (BCF) and associated link roads to the city.
The most popular option to travel from Hong Kong to Macau is using the ferry. There are a few points in which you can take the speed ferry in Hong Kong, and two ferry terminals in Macau. As of 2020, it is also possible to travel from Hong Kong to Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. There are buses from the Hong Kong Port, but also.Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge only has 1 toll plaza with 20 toll gates, which is set up in the bridge management area of Zhuhai-Macao ports artificial island. The toll charge is listed as this: 150 yuan for private car and taxi, 200 yuan for cross-boundary bus, 300 yuan for shuttle bus, and 60 for goods vehicle, and 115 for container truck. The Bridge toll could be paid through cash, bank.With regard to cross border coaches Macau will only allow a maximum of 50 coaches a day to enter the “city” although the coach operators are trying to get that relaxed. 34 permits have been awarded by the HK Govt including 19 to One Bus Hong Kong Macau, a consortium of nine investors including Eternal East and KMB and 15 to a group which includes Kwoon Chung Bus. The remaining 16 permits.