Stonecutters Bridge, Hong Kong: design competition Available to Purchase

In late 1999 the Highways Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued an open invitation to bridge designers to pre-qualify for a design competition for a road bridge across the entrance to the Kwai Chung container port. The bridge would have a span of at least 1000 m with a vertical clearance of at least 73·5 m over the full 900 m navigation channel. The purpose of the competition was to establish a reference scheme to be used as the basis for the detailed design for Stonecutters Bridge. The design competition aimed at securing a world-class design which would also be a fitting landmark and gateway for the port underlining and promoting the image of Hong Kong as a vibrant and important centre of international trade. The competition took place in early 2000 and this paper describes some of the background choosing this approach and the reasoning behind the selection of the prize-winning proposals.