Lantau Link

The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing,[1] is a roadway in Hong Kong forming part of Route 8 linking Lantau Island to Tsing Yi, from which other roads lead to the urban areas of Kowloon and the rest of the New Territories. Part of the Airport Core Programme centred on the new Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau, the link was officially opened on 27 April 1997, and it opened to traffic on 22 May the same year.[1]

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Lantau Link
Part of Route 8
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length4.0 km (2.5 mi)
Existed27 April 1997–present
Major junctions
East endTsing Yi
Major intersections3;
Route 3 at Tsing Yi
West endLantau (near Tsing Chau Tsai)
Location
CountryChina
Special administrative regionHong Kong
Highway system
Lantau Link
Traditional Chinese青嶼幹線
Simplified Chinese青屿干线
Lantau Link toll plaza at Tsing Chau Tsai, on Lantau Island.
The Lantau Link crossing the island of Ma Wan. From left to right: Tsing Ma Bridge, Ma Wan Viaduct (on the island) and Kap Shui Mun Bridge.

Infrastructure

The Lantau Link is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long and consists of:

Link is split into two traffic levels; the upper level is an open, 3-lane divided highway, while the lower level is a double-track railway line used by the MTR Airport Express and Tung Chung line and also contains two single-lane roads for emergency use in both directions. The speed limit is 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) on the upper level and 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) on the lower level. In normal situations, the lower level is not used except in special circumstances such as strong wind or serious accidents which could lead to the closure of the upper level. The lower level is not connected to Ma Wan.

The Lantau Link is one of the two land passageway connecting Lantau and other parts of Hong Kong; Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link via Tuen Mun has opened on 27 December 2020 as the second land connection, reducing the traffic pressure on Lantau Link.[2]

Near the Tsing Yi end of the Lantau Link is the cable-stayed Ting Kau Bridge, and the Cheung Tsing and Nam Wan Tunnels, the latter of which leads to the Stonecutters Bridge.

Interchanges
Lantau Link
Inbound exits Exit number Lantau-bound exits
End Lantau Link
continues as Tsing Sha Highway 		- Start Lantau Link
Cheung Tsing Highway
Container Terminals 1-7, Kowloon, Hong Kong		 4A no exit
Tsing Long Highway
Yuen Long, Tuen Mun		 4B no exit
Tsing Ma Bridge
Ma Wan Viaduct
no exit 4C Ma Wan Road
Ma Wan
enter by permit only
Kap Shui Mun Bridge
Start Lantau Link - End Lantau Link
continues as North Lantau Highway

See also

References
  1. Government information about the Lantau Link
  2. "Tolls of Lantau Link to be waived from 0.00am on December 27". Hong Kong Government. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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Preceded by
Tsing Sha Highway		 Hong Kong Route 8

Lantau Link		 Succeeded by
North Lantau Highway
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