Tsing Ma Big Bridge.

Extreme Engineering - Building Hong Kong's Airport. (watch it here http://www.veoh.com/videos/v249475pjCacx6y)

woah. this is quite worth watching. haha. do u noe that hkia(including the Tsing Ma bridge and Western Harbour Crossing and the railway system) is built within 7 years? wow. that's damn fast. according to the video it was because of some political problem that they had to build it before 1jul1997 the handover but they couldnt finish by then of course. then the china govt gave them 1 more yr to finish the whole thing. which took 7yrs in total. and because it was so rushed, they couldnt test the systems before opening the airport and things kind of cocked up the first few weeks.

and the building of the airport is already tough. cos the airport's actually built from the sea. they took 2 islands (one of them Chek Lap Kok island) flatten them and reclaimed them to make the airport. (hey. jurong island!!) and then tsing ma bridge was made in quite a crazy way. it's the largest double deck suspension bridge with a railway running through it. u noe they went to make the thick cable at that place and hang up sections of the bridge one by one.




and there was this part that they were saying that the passenger terminal was built in the shape of a bird. hmm. haha. didnt they consider that passengers (especially those who are late for their flight) will have a hard time reaching the last gate? hahahaha. u noe. like if they were shopping in the disney shop for too long. and u noe travellators dont help much actually. and that running in the airport is very malu one. hahahahahahaha. hmm.

now i understand why airport express costs so much. it's kind of worth it actually. and hais. i should have stayed awake to take a look at tsing ma big bridge.

other episodes:
Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong