Upcoming opening of a giant bridge in Pearl River Delta

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 June 2015 at 10:33:12 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 23 October 2015 at 03:11:42 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 31 December 2017 at 03:01:21 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 31 March 2018 at 10:33:09 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): River, urban planning, bridge, tunnel, road, infrastructure, mobility, alluvions, China
Fig. 1 - S1 IW (31.03.2018) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) colour composite, gamma correction - The Hong-Kong Macau Bridge should open in July 2018.
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This 55km bridge is a series of 3 viaducts and 1 tunnel. It should shorten the passage between these Chinese tax havens from 3h to 45mn.
Fig. 2 - S2 MSI (31.12.2017) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Its construction by China Harbor & Bouygues started in 2009 & costed ~15.5 billion €.
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Fig. 3 - S1 IW (15.06.2015) - The western section of the bridge tunnel in 2015, it now links two artificial islands.
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Fig. 4 - S2 MSI (23.10.2015) - The eastern section of the bridge tunnel in 2015; the tunnel allows container ships or ferries to cross.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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