Shing Mun River

Shing Mun River or Shing Mun Channel is a river in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.HistoryThe original Shing Mun River began at Needle Hill, and flowed into the former Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi), a shallow bay. In the 1970s, Tide Cove was reclaimed and turned to Sha Tin New Town. The river was extended through a 7 km long, 200 m wide artificial channel in the middle of the area to flow into Tolo Harbour. Other rivers that had originally flowed into Tide Cove are now tributaries of Shing Mun River in the form of concreted nullahs.The Shing Mun River channel runs from the Tai Wai area, through the Sha Tin town centre to the Tolo Harbour. It has three main tributaries, namely Tai Wai Nullah, Fo Tan Nullah and Siu Lek Yuen Nullah. Along the Shing Mun River are high-rise residential, commercial and industrial buildings with numerous village type developments scattered around. Several bridges were built to connect the two sides of the Shing Mun River.BridgesThere are several major bridges across the Shing Mun River: Banyan Bridge on Fo Tan Road Dragon Bridge on Sha Tin Road Lion Bridge on Lion Rock Tunnel Road Sandmartin Bridge on Sha Tin Rural Committee Road Lek Yuen Bridge – a pedestrian bridge