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The Cross-Harbour Tunnel opened in 1972. due to the ever increasing population in Hong Kong and improving prosperity made the construction of further tunnels a necessity. The harbour crossing ferry services continued on until 1998 when Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry ceased to operate these ferry services. [1]
Cross-Harbour Tunnel Map: 1972: 1.86: 1999: Hong Kong Government/Serco Group (HK) Limited: 8/25/30/10/15/15-30: 107,122: 78 500 Eastern Harbour Crossing Map: 1989: 2.2: 2008 (Rail) 2016 (Road) Hong Kong Government/Pacific Infrastructure Limited: 13/25/30/38/75/38-75: 75,230: 78 500 Western Harbour Crossing Map: 1997: 2: 2023: Hong Kong ...
The Cross-Harbour Tunnel (abbreviated CHT or XHT) is the first tunnel in Hong Kong built underwater. It consists of two steel road tunnels each with two lanes constructed using the single shell immersed tube method. [1] It is the earliest of three vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong, opened for traffic in 1972.
The Eastern Harbour Crossing (Chinese: 東區海底隧道), abbreviated as "EHC" (Chinese: 東隧), is a combined road-rail tunnel that crosses beneath Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Opened on 21 September 1989, it is the second harbour-crossing tunnel built and the longest amongst the three.
The Hong Kong government launched the Second Comprehensive Transport Study in the late 1980s, which said cross-harbour trips would increase greatly – person-trips would increase by 86% from 1.4m to 2.6m, and goods-vehicle-trips by 129% from 34,000 to 78,000 by 2001.
They connect Hong Kong Island, metro Kowloon and the New Territories via a series of flyovers and tunnels. They pass through the three tunnels crossing Victoria Harbour, and their sequence of numbering follows the order of opening dates of the three tunnels: Route 1: Cross-Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972)
After World War II, the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island developed rapidly. As a result, the major thoroughfare in the area, King's Road, became very congested. [1]To relieve the issue of congestion, the idea of constructing an elevated vehicular corridor in the Eastern District was brought out in 1968, as part of the Hong Kong Long Term Road Study.
List of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong; Vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong; List of streets and roads in Hong Kong; A. Airport Tunnel, Hong Kong; C.