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Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor

Route 10

Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor
Part of Route 10
Route information
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
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
Coordinates 22°28′17″N 113°57′38″E / 22.47139°N 113.96056°E / 22.47139; 113.96056Coordinates: 22°28′17″N 113°57′38″E / 22.47139°N 113.96056°E / 22.47139; 113.96056
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
Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor
Traditional Chinese 深港西部通道
Simplified Chinese 深港西部通道

Route 10

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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