Banyan Bridge, Road bridge in Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.
Banyan Bridge (翠榕橋) is a road bridge over the middle reaches of the Shing Mun River, linking Sha Tin First City at Tai Chung Kiu Road with the IVE Sha Tin campus at Yuen Wo Road. It forms part of Fo Tan Road and carries three lanes in each direction, separated by a central divider, with footpaths and a cycle track on both sides. The parallel Kam Lung Bridge stands beside it.
Banyan Bridge was built in the 1980s as part of Fo Tan Road, carrying that road across the middle reaches of the Shing Mun River between the City One Shatin junction with Tai Chung Kiu Road and the junction with Yuen Wo Road by the IVE Shatin campus. It was laid out with three lanes in each direction, separated by a central divider, and with footpaths and a cycle track beside the carriageways. A second river crossing, Kam Lung Bridge, stands next to it.
Banyan Bridge carries Fo Tan Road across the middle reaches of the Shing Mun River, with a footpath and a cycle track running beside the three-lane dual carriageway. It links the City One Shatin junction on Tai Chung Kiu Road with the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin) on Yuen Wo Road.
Banyan Bridge carries Fo Tan Road across the middle reaches of the Shing Mun River, linking Siu Lek Yuen Road in Sha Tin First City with Yuen Wo Road at IVE Sha Tin. Its three-lane two-way carriageway is flanked by a footpath and a cycle track, so pedestrians and cyclists cross beside the traffic. The parallel Kam Lung Bridge stands immediately next to it.
Banyan Bridge carries Fo Tan Road across the middle reaches of the Shing Mun River, and the Jinlong Bridge (錦龍橋) runs directly beside it as a second river crossing. The bridge has three lanes in each direction, separated by a central divider, with footpaths and a cycle track along both sides.
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