I was one of the registered drivers for this bridge when it first opened. Just want to point out some information during my time driving on this bridge pre-pandemic times. 1. It is true the registration for using this bridge is absolutely awful. I had to buy separate insurance for both China and Macau, and that's on top of my HK motor insurance. So in total, you would need to have 3 insurance and their permits for the 3 jurisdictions. The insurance price varies depending on your car. If you have a supercar or an expensive car, then you need to pay more. 2. Validity for the permits, insurance, is for 1 year ONLY. 3. The toll for the bridge one way is around HKD$150-$180 (forgot the actual number). 4. Parking at the Macau border is around $160-$180HKD for 12 hours. You need to pre-book your parking spot for the 12 hour parking session. The 12 hour session is very specific, 10am-10pm, or 10pm-10am. These were the only options available, and if you go over, there is a penalty. And there is no point arriving early. The parking is right after the bridge, cannot drive inside Macau. Getting inside Macau would require parking your car at the border and take public transport. 5. You can only drive your cars into Macau or Mainland China with a separate license permit which majority of people do not have including me. You would need to fulfill many requirements and pay a lot more money to do that. 6. The bridge is toll free on special Holidays. 7. My running cost for using this bridge for a normal sedan car was $1000hkd round trip NOT including the insurances and permit.. This $1000 includes fuel, parking, tunnel fees from HK Island to Kowloon, and bridge toll fees ONLY. A ferry will cost $250-$300hkd per person. Do the math and make sure you fit as much people in the car as possible. (FYI, taking a ferry only require ID or passport to cross border, you do not need all those insurance or extra permit). 8. MY journey time compared to taking a ferry: Four Seasons Macau TO home in Hong Kong was 40mins quicker than ferry. In conclusion, it was fun driving for a year. But I will not continue to register unless they bring down the annoying paperwork and the cost down. As well as letting drivers driving into Macau (at least let drivers park at the casino hotels.)
Also would like to add: 9. The most expensive insurance is actually the Macau section as the Macau jurisdiction is only a few hundred meters. So you are paying the mandatory Macau insurance for just a few hundred meters of road. The majority of the bridge's jurisdiction belongs to Mainland China and Hong Kong.
It seems that burocracy is the biggest problem. People won't avoid 4 hours of driving for 12 days of paper burocracy. It just don't compensate to use the bridge.
@@markbollinger1343 Yes, for your Imperialistic reason to enslave the world again. Without China, you evil Imperialists can have a free hand in repeating all the atrocities you people have committed against other races in the past.
I used to travel hong kong to Macau by this bridge 4days ago and its very convenient it take only 45minutes to travel using bus very useful bridge to all the travelers going to macau aside from very affordable fare price
No matter how you see it, this project has launched China years ahead of the world. It takes time for people to adjust to development, sometimes scare most especially when it comes this good.❤
Bridge is awesome, but surely the political problem should have been addressed first. The lane changes are not that hard to overcome, but the paperwork and forms to fill in weeks before you go are bloody crazy.
this is totally bull Sxit....the bridge is not abandoned this is first due to license and permit second, due to COVID, restriction of traffic to and from Hong Kong Macau and Zhuhai
There's a huge demand and craving for bad news from China, Village idiots needs to be fed regularly so you can't blame them from getting all excited with the caption headline.
It's typical of Western Media to smear and discredit whatever China does. " Abandoned ", how can such a huge project like this ever be abandoned when it is already completed.
It’s odd to me. … this is not the longest over-sea bridge, due to the fact that large sections of it are tunnel. The longest over-sea bridge is the Jiaozhou bay bridge, in Qingdao, China. It is nearly 50km of bridge, no tunnel.
Sea Bridge has been build for 120 years now. Rest of the things will get synced in another 5-6 years, need not to wait till 2047 some things will get corrected on both sides..!!
I is just another China mega project that will need to see big changes in governmental fees, etc. If it is to become a feasible cross water alternative.
I think despite it being very costly/annoying for private car owners to drive onto the bridge, the bridge does provide much convenience for trucks and buses/shuttles. The HZM Bridge Shuttle Bus ran as frequently as one bus per 5 minutes during peak hours per-Covid.
.... this is built as part of the GBA... In the coming decade, trillion dollars worth of construction projects will kick off as part of the blueprint for the new capital ( Beijing will be retired )! Mr Xi has to extend his politburo welcome for 5 more years ( Jiang x 10 yrs, Hu x 10 yrs, Xi x 15 yrs ) to usher in China becoming the world's biggest economy, thereby taking the hot seat in UN - & welcoming UN to it's new domicile in Central China ! In China, there are stories within stories - 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 ！China has a big plan, Jiang worked the 6th part, Hu continued with the 7th part, now Xi is taking the 8th / 9th part of it...... When the UN acknowledge China as the world's biggest economy, the world will know what is the GBA, Belt & Road Program all about.....?
could it be that China's sense of past, present, and future is inconceivable in the West? Certainly, China's current sense of infrastructure development leaves the West looking like its standing still
for the same reason they build millions of empty apartment buildings: the domestic Chinese economy is a giant real estate and infrastructure construction bubble.
1:36 You said "Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel", but the footage is of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Bridge-Tunnel is at the mouth of the Bay, carries US 13, and is in Virginia; the Bay Bridge is due east of Washington DC, carries US 50/US 301, and is in Maryland.
What a load of bull doodoo.. that bridge is functioning just fine and paying for itself. Another dozen is under construction.. Why are you spreading kaakaa.. those outdated bridges in the US are collapsing all at once.. why don't you make a program on that..
This shows you how much the Hong Kong government represents the will of the people. The typical person in Hong Kong will NEVER use this because they don't own a car. Most people don't need a car, so usually only wealthy Hong Kongers would even have the possibility of making that trip. And what would they do in Macau except gamble. How often would they go on vacation to do that? Similary, only wealthy Macauans would have a car to go to Hong Kong. An underground train would have been better or at least not as bad. The other environmental disaster was the sheer amount of raw material used and the environmental costs in producing that material for something with essentially no economic or social value.
this bridge is meant for 2047. China always plan long term. Use of this bridge will develop over time. No rush as this bridge was not financed from debt and HK Government is cash Rich
lol obviously the video creater has to be someone from US lol....as to let ppl know that.. the bridge is full everyday.... a lot going in and out, abandoned? lool go check how many ppl from HK and china cross it..u wont even imagine the numbers
Wow! this youtuber manage to turn a great thing into a bad one due to his biased thinking. This bridge and all infrastructures are need to promote economic growth and prosperity. This youtuber would rather have Hong Kong isolated and imprisoned on the island, instead of freely travel to China. Please defund this channel!
I was one of the registered drivers for this bridge when it first opened. Just want to point out some information during my time driving on this bridge pre-pandemic times.
1. It is true the registration for using this bridge is absolutely awful. I had to buy separate insurance for both China and Macau, and that's on top of my HK motor insurance. So in total, you would need to have 3 insurance and their permits for the 3 jurisdictions. The insurance price varies depending on your car. If you have a supercar or an expensive car, then you need to pay more.
2. Validity for the permits, insurance, is for 1 year ONLY.
3. The toll for the bridge one way is around HKD$150-$180 (forgot the actual number).
4. Parking at the Macau border is around $160-$180HKD for 12 hours. You need to pre-book your parking spot for the 12 hour parking session. The 12 hour session is very specific, 10am-10pm, or 10pm-10am. These were the only options available, and if you go over, there is a penalty. And there is no point arriving early. The parking is right after the bridge, cannot drive inside Macau. Getting inside Macau would require parking your car at the border and take public transport.
5. You can only drive your cars into Macau or Mainland China with a separate license permit which majority of people do not have including me. You would need to fulfill many requirements and pay a lot more money to do that.
6. The bridge is toll free on special Holidays.
7. My running cost for using this bridge for a normal sedan car was $1000hkd round trip NOT including the insurances and permit.. This $1000 includes fuel, parking, tunnel fees from HK Island to Kowloon, and bridge toll fees ONLY. A ferry will cost $250-$300hkd per person. Do the math and make sure you fit as much people in the car as possible. (FYI, taking a ferry only require ID or passport to cross border, you do not need all those insurance or extra permit).
8. MY journey time compared to taking a ferry: Four Seasons Macau TO home in Hong Kong was 40mins quicker than ferry.
In conclusion, it was fun driving for a year. But I will not continue to register unless they bring down the annoying paperwork and the cost down. As well as letting drivers driving into Macau (at least let drivers park at the casino hotels.)
Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
Also would like to add:
9. The most expensive insurance is actually the Macau section as the Macau jurisdiction is only a few hundred meters. So you are paying the mandatory Macau insurance for just a few hundred meters of road. The majority of the bridge's jurisdiction belongs to Mainland China and Hong Kong.
$1000 HKD = $127.39 USD
BS.
So they built a billion dollar auto bridge that when you get to the end you can’t use your car ?? Wtf this is so stupid
When politics is involved, everything is doomed! No exception.
Same in germany, money money money
It’s not politic, it’s merely the benefits of various parties involved
What politics? No one cares on earth except China
@@Hkchinese888 That is true in any and all public projects: Big time to lining the big pockets.
It seems that burocracy is the biggest problem. People won't avoid 4 hours of driving for 12 days of paper burocracy. It just don't compensate to use the bridge.
I am so used to reading negative comments coming from the Western media when it comes to whatever China does. It's so predictable every time.
You Communist Baster!
for good reason.
@@markbollinger1343 Yes, for your Imperialistic reason to enslave the world again. Without China, you evil Imperialists can have a free hand in repeating all the atrocities you people have committed against other races in the past.
Just another brainwashed Chinese
A lifetime of western propoganda. I'm 59 and just seeing it for what it is...All B.S. ...and it"s a racial thing too, not just political.
I used to travel hong kong to Macau by this bridge 4days ago and its very convenient it take only 45minutes to travel using bus very useful bridge to all the travelers going to macau aside from very affordable fare price
I'm surprised that the bridge does not provide for a rail connection between the cities.
No matter how you see it, this project has launched China years ahead of the world. It takes time for people to adjust to development, sometimes scare most especially when it comes this good.❤
they did not abandon it. they are using it now.
That paperwork would stop anybody!
In my fictional world, this project already finished and successful
Bridge is awesome, but surely the political problem should have been addressed first. The lane changes are not that hard to overcome, but the paperwork and forms to fill in weeks before you go are bloody crazy.
I took a coach from Zhuhai to Hong Kong, very convenient and wonderful view
this is totally bull Sxit....the bridge is not abandoned
this is first due to license and permit
second, due to COVID, restriction of traffic to and from Hong Kong Macau and Zhuhai
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Zhuhai%E2%80%93Macau_Bridge
Wikipedia disagrees with you.
@@eliashe1797 Where, specifically?
There's a huge demand and craving for bad news from China, Village idiots needs to be fed regularly so you can't blame them from getting all excited with the caption headline.
@@eliashe1797
Politic naration from the MEDIA😊😊
It's typical of Western Media to smear and discredit whatever China does. " Abandoned ", how can such a huge project like this ever be abandoned when it is already completed.
There are 1.5 millions cars passing this bridge in the first quarter of 2024. 😂😂😂😂
It’s odd to me. … this is not the longest over-sea bridge, due to the fact that large sections of it are tunnel. The longest over-sea bridge is the Jiaozhou bay bridge, in Qingdao, China. It is nearly 50km of bridge, no tunnel.
I am a hk resident .we are very happy that this bridge connection that it is so convenient.
this video smells so sour !
Wow! Interesting..
Sea Bridge has been build for 120 years now. Rest of the things will get synced in another 5-6 years, need not to wait till 2047 some things will get corrected on both sides..!!
Is sad for the waste of money but for Lattice Climbing and urbex people, this place is interesting.
现在这座桥经常堵车，神奇吧
I is just another China mega project that will need to see big changes in governmental fees, etc. If it is to become a feasible cross water alternative.
Hold on a minute, the bridge kit with stand 8.0 earthquake? No goddamn way.
珠三角不是地震带，你地理很差
Henry Kissinger made China more powerful,more civilized and richer.
Chinese construction companies need to learn how to build things to last until the final check clears the bank.
@@phildefer2342As the resident, self-proclaimed know-it-all, what was the name of the construction company, and what bank were the checks written on?
I think despite it being very costly/annoying for private car owners to drive onto the bridge, the bridge does provide much convenience for trucks and buses/shuttles. The HZM Bridge Shuttle Bus ran as frequently as one bus per 5 minutes during peak hours per-Covid.
And I thought Chinese was so smart,,,,if that was built in the US they would be charging us atoll charge
.... this is built as part of the GBA... In the coming decade, trillion dollars worth of construction projects will kick off as part of the blueprint for the new capital ( Beijing will be retired )! Mr Xi has to extend his politburo welcome for 5 more years ( Jiang x 10 yrs, Hu x 10 yrs, Xi x 15 yrs ) to usher in China becoming the world's biggest economy, thereby taking the hot seat in UN - & welcoming UN to it's new domicile in Central China ! In China, there are stories within stories - 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 ！China has a big plan, Jiang worked the 6th part, Hu continued with the 7th part, now Xi is taking the 8th / 9th part of it...... When the UN acknowledge China as the world's biggest economy, the world will know what is the GBA, Belt & Road Program all about.....?
Question: do people need the same documents if going to Macau or mainland China via ferry or the “old” way through the HK / MLC border?
No, you only need your ID or passport to cross the border if by ferry.
You still needed documents while travel through One China, I guess one China is only a dream.
@@AndyTN64 What do you even mean? When you board a domestic commerical jet (or a ferry in this case), should they not need your ID?
These people have truly continue God's creation.
When will the bridge to Taiwan be completed or the cross Pacific tunnel?
This bridge is a proof the earth is flat, water is flat the bridge is flat build with flat measurment basic matematic
Why don’t they just build a train on it?
因为成本会飙升两倍，开车只需要40分钟，何必再建一列火车？事实上，在陆地上，有高铁从香港到珠海，不过要绕很大的圈
could it be that China's sense of past, present, and future is inconceivable in the West? Certainly, China's current sense of infrastructure development leaves the West looking like its standing still
China has failed and going nowhere but to a complete collapse, all due to an opressive authoritarian regime
他们不会承认的，他们只会妒忌
If the numbers using the bridge are disappointing, why are they already building another one just 32 km north?
for the same reason they build millions of empty apartment buildings: the domestic Chinese economy is a giant real estate and infrastructure construction bubble.
The clip told you, the ultra wealthy love big government financed projects. Lots of opportunities to get richer.
@@perfectallycromulent 那些年西方嘲笑中国的鬼城，现在都很繁荣，这些你知道吗？另外，这座桥现在已经开始塞车了，特别是节假日。
Becareful. It's built by tofu.
@William P
Your brain is indeed tofued by Western Governments, Their Propaganda Agencies and Government controlled Western Main Stream media
你们美国花了1000亿美元，连豆腐渣工程版本的高铁都建不起来
1:36
You said "Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel", but the footage is of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
The Bridge-Tunnel is at the mouth of the Bay, carries US 13, and is in Virginia; the Bay Bridge is due east of Washington DC, carries US 50/US 301, and is in Maryland.
I was going to point out the same thing. I'm from Norfolk, VA and noticed that right away!
Why didn’t they at least build it as a rail subway?
因为已经有高铁路线，只是需要绕圈
this video gives false information. this bridge is actually very convenient for many people.
#chinalovestorture
大白象工程背後原因另人䁔心。
The story behind the white elephant project warms my heart ❤️
That's complicated! Not worth it!
不，现在这座桥已经堵车了，香港人经常从这座桥过，特别是节假日
IS IT BIG AND THE QUALITY?
Probably not
质量当然好，可惜你们国家没能力建这种桥
Please do an episode about the mega white elephant project of China HSR, it must be interesting, can’t wait 😛
Substandard steel and concrete, I am sure, canceled this project.
IUts one thing to have built the logeest sea bridge but how long will it last
One of the men made wonders in the 21st century.. This is incredible, magnificent and fascinating bridge. Brilliant idea and perfect..👍✌
Lol… it is a pile of shit
What a load of bull doodoo.. that bridge is functioning just fine and paying for itself. Another dozen is under construction.. Why are you spreading kaakaa.. those outdated bridges in the US are collapsing all at once.. why don't you make a program on that..
Wonder on the really straight parts if they took into consideration the false curvature of 8in per sq mile lol😂 proves water is flat and level
Ha? It's currently useable.
Look what the Chinese did gor Sri Lanka
This shows you how much the Hong Kong government represents the will of the people. The typical person in Hong Kong will NEVER use this because they don't own a car. Most people don't need a car, so usually only wealthy Hong Kongers would even have the possibility of making that trip. And what would they do in Macau except gamble. How often would they go on vacation to do that?
Similary, only wealthy Macauans would have a car to go to Hong Kong.
An underground train would have been better or at least not as bad.
The other environmental disaster was the sheer amount of raw material used and the environmental costs in producing that material for something with essentially no economic or social value.
this bridge is meant for 2047. China always plan long term. Use of this bridge will develop over time. No rush as this bridge was not financed from debt and HK Government is cash Rich
only for military bridge
White elephant!
You will find elephants in India, they have plenty of them. All sorts of colours.
lol obviously the video creater has to be someone from US lol....as to let ppl know that.. the bridge is full everyday.... a lot going in and out, abandoned? lool go check how many ppl from HK and china cross it..u wont even imagine the numbers
Tofu Dregs
In ccccccccChhiinnaaaa All that glitters is not gold
Mega projects turned into Mega failure
傻子，这座桥现在经常堵车，非常繁忙
Another Tofu-Mafia construction project with bamboo reeds used in place of steel rebar?
像你们这种垃圾国家，除了嫉妒，还有什么作用吗？
Hey, must be for the love of yin.🤷🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾
Yin makes you sin.
Bridge without freedom is just a bridge.
Fuck Freedumbs, especially Murrikan Style Freedumbs
呵呵，自由的桥是什么样子？难道是像你们欧美那样天天在桥上撒尿拉屎才是自由吗？
Wow! this youtuber manage to turn a great thing into a bad one due to his biased thinking. This bridge and all infrastructures are need to promote economic growth and prosperity. This youtuber would rather have Hong Kong isolated and imprisoned on the island, instead of freely travel to China.
Please defund this channel!
Made for the military!
为了统一
This is the lousiest propaganda ever! Thanks for sharing China's marvelous achievement without intending to.
ahahahahahahahah
Que video mentiroso.
I'm no China fanboy - but even I found this video absurd
Makes you want TH-cam to bring back visibility of Dislike numbers
pandemic
So? We been sending that much and more to the Ukraine and we will never see a benefit from it.
Only the politicians will see the financial benefits.
More than half of the money never leave our border, it was transferred and paid the weapon contractors in the US.
This vedeo is a totally BS!