Wooden pedestrian bridge across a creek in Tai O, Lantau Island. It can be opened to allow boats to pass.
Next to the bridge, a signboard is attached reading:
新基橋及棚屋
Sun Ki Bridge & Stilt Houses
Small pedestrian chain bridge connecting Tai O Wing On Street and Tai O Market Street. Opened 29/09/1996 (source SCMP) and replaced the former ferry. The bridge can be opened for boats using a chain hoist.
Date of completion from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ting_Kau_Bridge
It was a bridge across the Wong Nai Chung Nullah, the road that led over it was named Leighton Hill Road (today only Leighton Road). The area was reclaimed in the 1860s and Bowrington Canal was constructed and finished in 1864. This might also be the construction date of this bridge. The bridge can be seen on the 1866 map on Gwulo.
The bridge was likely demolished when the nullah and Bowrington Canal were covered.
Bridge over the Albany Nullah in a short distance uphill from the lower terminus. Can be seen on many early photos. Unclear when it was removed, latest when the new terminus was built in 2021/22.
The report technical-visit--peak-tramways.pdf refers: Lower Terminus platform situates about 42 m uphill from its original position and above an existing 2.4 m wide culvert.
The bridge was declared a monument in 2009: https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/hong-kong-island…
Location of marker is approximate, based on Jade's map:
Bridge across Shing Mun River in Tai Wai, built 1900
Quite narrow bridge. Demolished as it possibly was not fit for vehicle passage.
The Report on the New Territory for the year 1900 (page 20) refers:
The masonry of the abutments and piers of the Tai Wai bridge, 3 spans of 30 feet clear, was completed in the year.
The Public Works Report for 1901 refers:
The road is open to rickshaw traffic throughout its entire length of 18 miles from Tsim Sha Tsui Point to Tai Po.
From:
Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap. 53) Antiquities and Monuments (Declaration of Monuments and Historical Buildings) (Consolidation) (Amendment) Notice 202
