Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong: the full story
April 2012
Spectacular Stonecutters Bridge - which links Hong Kong International airport and the rest of Hong Kong over one of the world’s busiest harbours - is the second longest cable-stayed span ever built. The full story of its design and construction has now been recorded in a special issue (165 BE1) of the ICE Bridge Engineering journal.
Kenneth Lau, Hong Kong government’s director of highways, says in his foreword, ‘The completion of Stonecutters Bridge despite the challenges in design and construction is a tribute to all project participants. Their collaborative efforts in overcoming these challenges are recorded in this excellent series of papers.’
He added that the £220 million bridge was a ‘highly advanced and innovative design’, not least due to its ability to resist typhoons. Extensive wind-tunnel testing carried out in major laboratories across the world lead to development of streamlined twin-box decks, vortex-controlling guide vanes at the deck soffit and dimpled stay cables for mitigating vibration from rain and wind.
The 1.6 km long crossing has a 1018 m main span supported from two 300 m tall towers. It carries the Route 8 airport highway over Ramblers Channel, entrance to the third busiest container port in the world. Work on the bridge started in April 2004, it opened to traffic in December 2009 and it won the Institution of Structural Engineers’ supreme award in 2010.
The papers are written by leading members of the British, Chinese, Danish and Japanese project team, and topics range from the initial design competition through to reference design, geotechnical investigations, foundation and deck design, stay cables and main-span erection.
For more information please contact the ICE Proceedings editor Simon Fullalove at editor@ice.org.uk or telephone +44 20 7665 2448.
Spectacular Stonecutters Bridge - which links Hong Kong International airport and the rest of Hong Kong over one of the world’s busiest harbours - is the second longest cable-stayed span ever built. The full story of its design and construction has now been recorded in a special issue (165 BE1) of the ICE Bridge Engineering journal.
Kenneth Lau, Hong Kong government’s director of highways, says in his foreword, ‘The completion of Stonecutters Bridge despite the challenges in design and construction is a tribute to all project participants. Their collaborative efforts in overcoming these challenges are recorded in this excellent series of papers.’
He added that the £220 million bridge was a ‘highly advanced and innovative design’, not least due to its ability to resist typhoons. Extensive wind-tunnel testing carried out in major laboratories across the world lead to development of streamlined twin-box decks, vortex-controlling guide vanes at the deck soffit and dimpled stay cables for mitigating vibration from rain and wind.
The 1.6 km long crossing has a 1018 m main span supported from two 300 m tall towers. It carries the Route 8 airport highway over Ramblers Channel, entrance to the third busiest container port in the world. Work on the bridge started in April 2004, it opened to traffic in December 2009 and it won the Institution of Structural Engineers’ supreme award in 2010.
The papers are written by leading members of the British, Chinese, Danish and Japanese project team, and topics range from the initial design competition through to reference design, geotechnical investigations, foundation and deck design, stay cables and main-span erection.
For more information please contact the ICE Proceedings editor Simon Fullalove at editor@ice.org.uk or telephone +44 20 7665 2448.
