Installer les travailleurs la dernière pièce du 5 664 mètres de long tunnel sous-marin du pont Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao en construction à Zhuhai city, south
Workers install the final piece of the 5, 664-meter-long undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge under construction in Zhuhai city, south China's Guangdong province, 2 May 2017. Construction of the long-awaited Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge took a big step toward completion on Tuesday (2 May 2017) when workers began to install the final piece of an underwater tunnel. The final joint of the last 5.6-kilometer section was lowered into the Lingding Channel, the central channel of the Pearl River, in ideal weather conditions, according to Wang Zhanggui, chief engineer at the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center. Completion of the tunnel will effectively end work on the road link between Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai, Guangdong province. It is scheduled to open to traffic this year. Once in operation, the bridge will shorten the current four-hour drive from Hong Kong to Zhuhai to just 30 minutes. Insiders estimate that the bridge will open to traffic on Dec 20, when Macao celebrates the 18th anniversary of its return to China from Portuguese control.
