Aberdeen Channel Bridge

Aberdeen Channel Bridge
Coordinates 22°14′44″N 114°09′36″E / 22.245456°N 114.159902°E / 22.245456; 114.159902Coordinates: 22°14′44″N 114°09′36″E / 22.245456°N 114.159902°E / 22.245456; 114.159902
Carries South Island Line
Crosses Aberdeen Channel
Locale Lei Tung Station and Wong Chuk Hang Station
Characteristics
Design Box girder bridge
Material Concrete
Total length 230 m (750 ft)
Clearance below 14 m (46 ft)
History
Designer Atkins Global
Construction begin 2011
Construction end 2015
Opened 25 December 2016 or February 2017
Statistics
Toll Charged by MTR

The Aberdeen Channel Bridge is a double-track railway bridge in Hong Kong. It carries the MTR's South Island Line over the Aberdeen Channel, linking Lei Tung Station and Wong Chuk Hang Station. Its name reflects the channel the bridge crosses.

The bridge carried one track of traffic in each direction. Construction of the bridge was started in 2011 and completed in 2015. The bridge is Ap Lei Chau's only rail connection to Hong Kong Island, before that, the first bridge, Ap Lei Chau Bridge was the only fixed link for long, has been used by road traffic was constructed and put into use since 1977.

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