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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]
Nam Wan Tunnel Map: 2009: 1.25: N/A: Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited: Toll-free: N/A: N/A Scenic Hill Tunnel: 2018 1 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 466 N/A Airport Tunnel: 2018 0.6 N/A Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited Toll-free 401 N/A Lung Shan Tunnel ...
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)
The following are incomplete lists of expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong. Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the north side of Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon have a grid-like pattern.
Vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong. Cross-Harbour Tunnel (opened 1972) Eastern Harbour Crossing (opened 1989) Western Harbour Crossing (opened 1997) MTR.