Sai Van Bridge

The Sai Van Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Macau, it was inaugurated on December 19, 2004. The bridge measures 2.2 kilometers (1.4 mi) long and is the third one to cross the Praia Grande Bay connecting Taipa Island and Macau Peninsula on Hsiang-shan Island. It features a double-deck design, with an enclosed lower deck to be used in the event of strong typhoons when the other three bridges connecting Taipa and Macau Peninsula, both of which are single-deck, namely Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho and Ponte de Amizade, are closed. It is the world's first prestressed concrete double-deck main beam cable-stayed bridge and the world's largest-span double-deck concrete bridge. The lower deck of the bridge also carries the Macau Light Transit System,^[1] which started revenue operation almost nineteen years later on 8 December 2023.^[2][3]

Sai Van Bridge
Coordinates	22°10′20″N 113°32′10″E
Carries	6 lanes of roadway (upper), 2 Macau LRT rail tracks (lower)
Crosses	Praia Grande Bay
Locale	Macau Peninsula and Taipa
Official name	Ponte de Sai Van
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	2,200 metres (7,218 ft)
Width	28 metres (92 ft)
Longest span	180 metres (591 ft)
History
Opened	19 December 2004
Statistics
Daily traffic	cars
Toll	free
Location

Sai Van Bridge
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	西灣大橋
Simplified Chinese	西湾大桥
Literal meaning	west bay bridge
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīwān Dàqiáo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sai1 waan1 daai6 kiu4
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Ponte de Sai Van

See also

• Transport in Macau

References

1. "Rosário Takes 22 Lawmakers on Their 1st LRT Ride". Macao News. July 30, 2019.
2. "TDM".
3. "TDM".

External links

• MGTO – Sightseeing: Brief introduction to the bridge by Macau Government Tourist Office
• Administrative Regulation No. 21/2005, "Sai Van Bridge Regulation" – in Chinese and in Portuguese via the official website of the Printing Bureau.