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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 ...
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)
The Western Harbour Crossing (WHC) is a dual three-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong. It is the third road tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour , linking reclaimed land in Yau Ma Tei in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island .
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.
Vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong. Cross-Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972) Eastern Harbour Crossing (opened 1989) Western Harbour Crossing (opened 1997) MTR.
There are 13 major vehicular tunnels in Hong Kong. They include three cross-harbour tunnels and ten road tunnels. Other road tunnels and bridges which are proposed or under construction are: Central Kowloon Route; Trunk Road T2
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.