Hengqin Bridge () is a

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Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

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. It is in length and was constructed at a cost of

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320 million. Construction started in 1992 and the bridge was completed in 1999. Prior to 2013 it was the only bridge linking the city of

and

Hengqin Hengqin (, ) is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the S ...

. The bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic of Huandao Road across the Hongwan Waterway, a channel connecting the

Xi River The Xi River (; ) or Si-Kiang is the western tributary of the Pearl River in southern China. It is formed by the confluence of the Gui and Xun Rivers in Wuzhou, Guangxi. It originates from the eastern foot of the Maxiong Mountain in Quji ...

/ Modaomen River and Praia Grande Bay.

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Buildings and structures in Zhuhai Transport in Zhuhai Bridges in Guangdong Bridges completed in 1999 {{Zhuhai-geo-stub