Scenic Hill Tunnel

Scenic Hill Tunnel
	West end of the Scenic Hill Tunnel in November 2017
Overview
Other name(s)	觀景山隧道
Status	Open
Start	Islands District, Chek Lap Kok, Scenic Road and Chek Lap Kok North Road intersection
End	Islands District, Airport Island New Reclamation Area
Operation
Work begun	31 May 2012; 9 years ago
Opened	24 October 2018; 3 years ago
Owner	Hong Kong Government
Toll	Free
Technical
No. of lanes	7 lanes (3 lanes eastbound and 4 lanes westbound)

Scenic Hill Tunnel (Chinese: 觀景山隧道) is a road tunnel located on the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, in Scenic Hill, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The west exit of the tunnel is near the Ngong Ping 360 Airport Island Angle Station and the fuel storage centre. It runs through Scenic Hill and along the current Airport Road and under the MTR Airport Express lines, and passes through the new reclamation areas, connecting the Hong Kong road sections and the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge port.^[1]

About[]

The plan for the tunnel started in 2011 and began construction on 31 May 2012. The cost of the tunnel was 88.8 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The contractor for the tunnel was China State Construction Engineering.^[2]^[3]

The tunnel was opened on 24 October 2018, along with the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. It is the only tunnel in Hong Kong that drives on the right, and is also the widest tunnel with the most lanes in Hong Kong, having seven lanes (three eastbound and four southbound).

Although using the Scenic View Tunnel is not charged, its charge is included in the toll fees by using the bridge.

References[]

^ "港珠澳大橋及香港相關工程項目通訊" (PDF) (7). May 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "港珠澳大橋擬議填海、道路及排污設備工程刊憲" (Press release) (in Chinese). 香港政府新聞網. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
^ "港珠澳大橋香港接線 - 觀景山至香港口岸段". 香港政府. 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

External links[]

Media related to Scenic Hill Tunnel at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 22°17′34″N 113°55′58″E / 22.292738°N 113.932910°E / 22.292738; 113.932910

[HZMB_nl_7-1] "港珠澳大橋及香港相關工程項目通訊" (PDF) (7). May 2015. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[gia-2] "港珠澳大橋擬議填海、道路及排污設備工程刊憲" (Press release) (in Chinese). 香港政府新聞網. 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[hklr-03-3] "港珠澳大橋香港接線 - 觀景山至香港口岸段". 香港政府. 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

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v t Major road tunnels in Hong Kong
On Hong Kong Island	Aberdeen Tunnel Central–Wan Chai Bypass Tunnel
Crossings of Victoria Harbour	Cross-Harbour Tunnel Eastern Harbour Crossing Western Harbour Crossing
In Kowloon and New Kowloon	Central Kowloon Route Kai Tak Tunnel
Between New Kowloon and the New Territories	Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel^[α] Lion Rock Tunnel Tate's Cairn Tunnel Tseung Kwan O Tunnel^[α] Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel
In the New Territories	Airport Tunnel Cheung Shan Tunnel Cheung Tsing Tunnel Discovery Bay Tunnel Lung Shan Tunnel Nam Wan Tunnel Scenic Hill Tunnel Shing Mun Tunnels Tai Lam Tunnel Tai Wai Tunnel Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link (Northern Connection)
α. ^ ^a ^b Entirely in the New Territories, but all access roads on one side pass through New Kowloon. Italics indicate that a tunnel is under construction.