(Photo: Feng Zhuzai)
The Huangmaohai Cross-Sea Passage, one of the major projects in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, will officially open for traffic at 3:00 PM on December 11.
The Huangmaohai Passage is the first cross-sea project launched after the release of the outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and is another major infrastructure project following the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link. Its construction began in June 2020. After the passage opens, travel time from Zhuhai to Jiangmen will be reduced from over 1 hour to about 30 minutes. For the initial phase of the project's operation, there will be no tolls for public access, with detailed fees to be disclosed later.
The passage is also the western extension of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, starting in Pingsha Town, Zhuhai, and ending in Doushan Town, Taishan, Jiangmen. It spans approximately 31 kilometers, with a 14-kilometer sea-crossing section. The project includes two main bridges: the Gaolan Port Bridge (with a main span of 700 meters and a twin-tower single-span design) and the Huangmaohai Bridge (featuring two 720-meter spans and the world's largest three-tower cable-stayed highway bridge). The passage also includes two tunnels, four interchanges, and one service area.
The project connects to the Hegang Expressway in the east, the Xintai Expressway in the west, and intersects with the West Coastal Expressway. Built to six-lane highway standards and a design speed of 100 km/h, the passage has a projected lifespan of 100 years and a total cost of 12.985 billion RMB (1.78 billion USD).
Reporter: Zeng Xiangxing
Editor: Hu Nan, Shen He
