GUANGZHOU -- The Zhuhai port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) saw over 144,000 inbound and outbound passengers on Tuesday, marking a new high since its opening, official data showed.

The number surpassed the previous highest single-day record of 130,000 set just a day ago, according to the HZMB border inspection station.

On Tuesday, the HZMB, the world's longest bridge-and-tunnel sea crossing, also saw a record of over 18,000 inbound and outbound vehicle flow.

The 55-km HZMB links China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the city of Zhuhai in the southern Guangdong Province, and Macao SAR. It has brought tremendous economic opportunities and benefits to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.