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Ma Wan Viaduct is a viaduct built over Ma Wan
Ma Wan

Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. The island belongs to Tsuen Wan District. It has an area of 0.96 km?....
, an island in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. The viaduct connects the Tsing Ma Bridge
Tsing Ma Bridge

The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's List of longest suspension bridges suspension bridge. The bridge was named after two of the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, namely Tsing Yi Island and Ma Wan ....
 and Kap Shui Mun Bridge
Kap Shui Mun Bridge

The Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck for motor vehicles, and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR....
, and is part of the Lantau Link
Lantau Link

The Lantau Link , formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a series of infrastructures linking Hong Kong International Airport to the urban areas in Hong Kong....
 (formerly known as Lantau Fixed Crossing) and Route 8
Route 8 (Hong Kong)

Route 8 of Hong Kong is an 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong....
. It was opened in 1997 and was built to privde access to the Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , because it was built on the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong#Islands of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport ....
 (Chek Lap Kok Airport) as part of the Airport Core Programme
Airport Core Programme

The Hong Kong Airport Core Programme was a series of infrastructure organised by the government of Hong Kong during the 1990s, with the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok as its central project....
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It is long and has six spans. The Ma Wan Viaduct has the same cross section as the Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Mun Bridges: a dual three-lane carriageway on the upper deck and two tracks of railway and a two lanes of roadway in the enclosed lower deck.






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Ma Wan Viaduct is a viaduct built over Ma Wan
Ma Wan

Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island. The island belongs to Tsuen Wan District. It has an area of 0.96 km?....
, an island in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
. The viaduct connects the Tsing Ma Bridge
Tsing Ma Bridge

The Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's List of longest suspension bridges suspension bridge. The bridge was named after two of the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, namely Tsing Yi Island and Ma Wan ....
 and Kap Shui Mun Bridge
Kap Shui Mun Bridge

The Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong is the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck for motor vehicles, and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR....
, and is part of the Lantau Link
Lantau Link

The Lantau Link , formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a series of infrastructures linking Hong Kong International Airport to the urban areas in Hong Kong....
 (formerly known as Lantau Fixed Crossing) and Route 8
Route 8 (Hong Kong)

Route 8 of Hong Kong is an 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong....
. It was opened in 1997 and was built to privde access to the Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , because it was built on the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong#Islands of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport ....
 (Chek Lap Kok Airport) as part of the Airport Core Programme
Airport Core Programme

The Hong Kong Airport Core Programme was a series of infrastructure organised by the government of Hong Kong during the 1990s, with the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok as its central project....
.

It is long and has six spans. The Ma Wan Viaduct has the same cross section as the Tsing Ma and Kap Shui Mun Bridges: a dual three-lane carriageway on the upper deck and two tracks of railway and a two lanes of roadway in the enclosed lower deck. The lanes on the lower deck provide for maintenance and the diversion of traffic during high winds. The railway carries the Tung Chung
Tung Chung Line (MTR)

The is one of the 10 lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It links Tung Chung with Hong Kong Island. A part of the Tung Chung Line was built along with the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Tsing Ma Bridge....
 and Airport Express
Tung Chung Line (MTR)

The is one of the 10 lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It links Tung Chung with Hong Kong Island. A part of the Tung Chung Line was built along with the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Tsing Ma Bridge....
 lines of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
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