Lótus Bridge

Lótus Bridge
Coordinates
Carries	6 lanes
Crosses	Shisanmen Waterway (十三門水道)
Locale	Cotai and Hengqin
Official name	Ponte Flor de Lótus
Characteristics
Design	Girder bridge
Total length	1,756 metres (5,761 ft)
Width	30 metres (98 ft)
History
Opened	March 1999
Statistics
Toll	free

File:Lotus-bridge-macau.jpg

Western terminus of Lotus Bridge as seen from a commercial jet plane.

Lotus Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Flor de Lótus; traditional Chinese: 蓮花大橋; simplified Chinese: 莲花大桥; pinyin: Liánhuā Dàqiáo; Jyutping: lin⁴ faa¹ daai⁶ kiu⁴) is a cross-border bridge linking the Cotai reclamation area of Macau with Hengqin Island in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China (PRC). The bridge is the second road crossing between mainland China and Macau, the other being the Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco at the northernmost point of the Macau Peninsula. This border crossing is open between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Lotus Bridge is located about 8 km (5 mi) west of the Macau International Airport. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, and follows Macau's rule of the road of driving on the left. The approach roads to the bridge on the mainland Chinese side have an unusual arrangement to facilitate switching traffic to driving on the right in mainland China.

See also

• Transport in Macau

External links

• Google Maps