Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge
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The Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, also known as the Macau–Taipa Bridge, is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting Macau Peninsula near Casino Lisboa and the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena (Small Taipa Hill) crossing the former Baía da Praia Grande. It is the first bridge in Macau, to connect the peninsula and Taipa. It is locally known as "The Old Bridge" (Template:Zh).[1]
History
Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge was the first bridge constructed in Macau and was designed to speed up travel across the colony as opposed to the one hour boat trip it used to take.[2] The bridge was designed by Edgar Cardoso. Construction started in June 1970, during Portuguese rule. With a length of Template:Convert and a width of Template:Convert, it was open to traffic in October 1974. The middle of the bridge is raised over a distance of 1213 m to allow vessels to pass through a 73 m wide passage. The highest point of the bridge is Template:Convert above sea level.[3] Seen from a distance, this part of the bridge resembles a flat triangle. It is named after José Manuel de Sousa e Faria Nobre de Carvalho, the Governor of Macau from 25 November 1966 to 19 November 1974 who came up with the idea for the bridge.[2] After a later rearrangement of the shoreline, the bridge was shortened to Template:Convert.[4] The bridge was originally a toll bridge but the toll was dropped in 1982 due to the volume of traffic.[2]
Due to the construction around Casino Lisboa, the bridge was temporarily closed in 2005.[5] As of 2006, the bridge is open again, but only to buses, taxis, and emergency vehicles.[6] In 2024, a Hong Kong registered fishing vessel struck the bridge's protective rail. This caused only minor damage to the bridge but the boat started sinking with the crew being rescued by the Macau Customs Service.[7]
Architecture
The bridge is meant to take the shape of a dragon, with Casino Lisboa representing the dragon's head, and Taipa Monument on Taipa Pequena the dragon's tail.[8]
See also
References
External links
- Decree-Law No. 70/95/M, Regulations for the Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, Friendship Bridge and Access Viaducts – in Portuguese and in Chinese via the official website of the Printing Bureau.
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