Lotus Bridge (; ) is a cross-

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linking the

Cotai Cotai ( zh, t=路氹城, cy=Louhtáhm Sìhng; ) is a piece of land reclamation, reclaimed land on the top of the Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau that has connected two independent islands since 2005. The name, which is ...

reclamation area of

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with Hengqin Island in

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 Province,

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(PRC). The bridge is a road crossing between mainland China and Macau. Since December 2014, it has been open 24 hours per day.Border between Macau and Zhuhai open 24 hours a day
/ref> The 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 exit roads leaving the bridge on the mainland Chinese side have an unusual arrangement to facilitate switching westbound traffic from Macau driving on the left to driving on the right in mainland China. The bridge has been designed by Eng Nuno Costa (Profabril) and a Chinese company.

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