The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) opened today, so I thought it appropriate to write about it.
The bridge is currently the worlds longest bridge crossing a sea area, with a total length (including the tunnel part) of 55 kilometres. Construction started in 2009 and was completed this year, just short of 10 years. The project cost was just over US$15billion.
Here is a nice video from New China TV explaing how the bridge was built.
Previously, driving from Hong Kong to Macau was a 400-kilometre journey. Using the bridge it is now less than 100 kilometres. Another win for modern engineering!
Back to my photography
The Guardians
In December 2016, on our landing approach at Hong Kong International airport, I saw an interesting structure protruding into the sea. It resembled a bridge but it was actually quite short and just ended right there in the sea.
While in Shenzhen I did a bit of research and found that it is, in fact, the landing guide lights for approaching aircraft. I decided to photograph it and set a plan in action that let me eventually photograph it. The photo above called "The Guardians".
Why do I show you this photo today?
The bridge on the horizon on the left is the HZMB - still under construction at that time. Click on the photo to see a large version of it. You can clearly see where one segment of the bridge is still missing.
Approaching Hong Kong
(View of Hong Kong Airport surroundings during our landing approach. Notice the line of landing guidance lights just visible above the Aeroplane's Engine)