Extreme bridge deck

August saw the completion of the main bridge deck section on the mainland China side of the Hong King-Zhuha-Macau Bridge. The 55km-long link, comprising a series of tunnels and bridges crossing the Lingdingtang channel, will connect Zhuhai in Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macau.
December 15, 2017 Read time: 1 min
August saw the completion of the main bridge deck section on the mainland China side of the Hong King-Zhuha-Macau Bridge. The 55km-long link, comprising a series of tunnels and bridges crossing the Lingdingtang channel, will connect Zhuhai in Guangdong Province to Hong Kong and Macau.


763 Shell Bitumen, which has been providing technical support and consulting to the project since 2013, supplied the bitumen for the bridge deck. The deck has to survive extreme conditions including high temperatures, humidity, salt, heavy traffic loads and vibrations due to high winds in the Lingdingyang channel.

“The bridge deck project required solutions that would meet the stringent specifications we set to ensure high-quality performance as well as consistent quality and supply reliability.  We are very pleased with the quality of bitumen products and services provided by Shell,” said Zhang Yucai, chief engineer of the CB07 section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge project.

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