Sai Van Bridge

22°10′20″N 113°32′10″E / 22.17222°N 113.53611°E / 22.17222; 113.53611Carries6 lanes of roadway (upper), 2 Macau LRT rail tracks (lower)CrossesPraia Grande BayLocaleMacau Peninsula and TaipaOfficial namePonte de Sai VanCharacteristicsDesignCable-stayed bridgeTotal length2,200 metres (7,218 ft)Width28 metres (92 ft)Longest span180 metres (591 ft)HistoryOpened19 December 2004StatisticsDaily trafficcarsTollfreeLocation

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

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 two bridges connecting Taipa and Macau Peninsula, both, single-deck, namely Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho and Ponte de Amizade, are closed. 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]

See also

• Transport in Macau

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