Tsing Lung Bridge

Dissing+Weitling developed the conceptual design of the bridge in close dialogue with Arup. The asymmetric towers give Tsing Lung Bridge its character, forming a clear silhouette across the Ma Wan Channel against the mountainous terrain. Crossing the bridge, the distinctive cross-beams come into view, framing changing views of the water and its surroundings alongside the cables and deck.

The bridge elevation is asymmetric because of the height restrictions from Hong Kong International Airport nearby - a regulatory constraint we turned into the bridge's defining feature. Balancing an asymmetric structural system so it reads as deliberate, not as a mistake, shaped much of our early design work.

Together with engineers, we shaped the towers, connecting cross-beams, and saddle covers where the cables meet the pylons. Rounded on the inside and sharp on the outside, the pylons appear lighter and more refined from a distance. The top cross-beams tie the tower legs together, while the saddle covers give the cable anchor points a crafted finish rather than an exposed mechanical one.

We also created a smooth transition into the approach bridges, making the structure read as one continuous crossing.

Architectural visualizations were part of the process throughout, used to study the bridge from key viewpoints and test how it would sit against the water and land.

For Dissing+Weitling, Tsing Lung Bridge also marks a return to Hong Kong and to a remarkable bridge-building context.

In 2000, we won the international competition for Stonecutters Bridge, also commissioned by Hong Kong Highways Department. Completed in 2009, its 1,018-metre main span crosses the entrance to the Kwai Chung container port. Two decades later, Tsing Lung Bridge brings Dissing+Weitling back to Hong Kong to shape another major crossing in a very different setting.