Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor
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| Part of Route 10 | |
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| Maintained by Highways Department | |
| Length: | 5.5 km (3.4 mi) |
| Existed: | 2007 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end: | Tuen Mun (near Ngau Hom Shek) |
| 1 in total; Shenzhen Bay Control Point |
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| North end: | Dongjiaotou, Shenzhen |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Hong Kong, Shenzhen |
| Highway system | |
| Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System | |
| Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor 深港西部通道 |
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Bridge at sunset
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| Coordinates | 22°28′17″N 113°57′38″E / 22.47139°N 113.96056°ECoordinates: 22°28′17″N 113°57′38″E / 22.47139°N 113.96056°E |
| Carries | 6 lanes highway |
| Crosses | Deep Bay |
| Locale | Yuen Long, Hong Kong and Dongjiaotou, Shenzhen |
| Official name | Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor |
| Other name(s) | Shenzhen Bay Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed bridge |
| Total length | 5,500 m (18,045 ft) |
| Width | 6 lanes with shoulder |
| Longest span | 210 m (689 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 2007 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | 0 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 深港西部通道 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 深港西部通道 | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shēngǎng Xībù Tōngdào |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | sam1 gong2 sai1 bou6 tung1 dou6 |
The Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor, colloquially known in Shenzhen as Shenzhen Bay Bridge, is a 5.5-kilometre (3.4 mi), dual three-lane carriageway in Hong Kong. It connects Ngau Hom Shek (traditional Chinese: 鰲磡石; simplified Chinese: 鳌磡石), Hong Kong to an area leased by Hong Kong at Dongjiaotou, which is geographically located in Nanshan, Shenzhen, mainland China. It connects Hong Kong with the border crossing facilities on its border with mainland China, the Shenzhen Bay Control Point.
The carriageway, together with the Kong Sham Western Highway (formerly known as Deep Bay Link), are part of the Route 10 of the Hong Kong trunk road numbering system, and part of China G4 Jinggang'ao (Beijing - Hong Kong - Macau) Expressway for the 1.6 km section north of Hong Kong - China border.
Construction of the highway bridge began in 2003. The 3.2-kilometre (2.0 mi), Hong Kong section was completed in 2005. The corridor was scheduled for completion in 2006 but owing to the delay in the construction of the Shenzhen section and legal issues about applying the law of Hong Kong in co-location of immigration and customs facilities of Hong Kong and mainland China in Dongjiaotou, it was officially opened on 1 July 2007 by then President Hu Jintao of China and the then Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang.
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