List_of_tunnels_and_bridges_in_Hong_Kong Knowpia

This is a list of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong.

Road edit

Road tunnels edit

Victoria Harbour crossings edit

Tunnel	Opened	Length (km)	Franchise lasts until	Owner/operator	Cost for motorcycles/taxis/cars/minibuses/ buses/lorries (HK$)	Vehicles daily (as at 2023)	Capacity per day
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 Government/Pacific Infrastructure Limited	25/25/60/85/200/85-140	64,185	118 000

Tunnels on Hong Kong Island edit

Tunnel	Opened	Length (km)	Franchise lasts until	Owner/operator	Cost for taxis/cars/minibuses/ buses/lorries (HK$)	Vehicles daily (As at 2021)	Capacity per day
Aberdeen Tunnel Map	1982/1983	1.85		Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited	5 (Flat toll)	60,837 (as of 2021)
Central–Wan Chai Bypass	2019	4.5	N/A	Hong Kong Government / Chun Wo Tunnel Management Limited	Toll-free	47,707	N/A

Tunnels in New Kowloon edit

Tunnel	Opened	Length (km)	Franchise lasts until	Owner/operator	Cost for taxis/cars/minibuses/ buses/lorries (HK$)	Vehicles daily	Capacity per day
Kai Tak Tunnel, formerly known as Airport Tunnel Map	1982	1.26		Hong Kong Government / Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited	Toll-free	52,990 (As of 2021)
Kai San Road	2017	0.57			Toll-free

Tunnels between New Kowloon and the New Territories edit

Tunnel	Opened	Length (km)	Franchise lasts until	Owner/operator	Cost for taxis/cars/minibuses/ buses/lorries (HK$)	Vehicles daily (As at 2021)	Capacity per day
Eagle's Nest Tunnel Map & Sha Tin Heights Tunnel Map	2008	2.7, 0.95		Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	8 (Flat toll)	60,747	120,000
Lion Rock Tunnel Map	1967	1.43		Hong Kong Government / Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited	8 (Flat toll)	89,583
Second Lion Rock Tunnel Map	1978	1.41		Hong Kong Government / Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited	8 (Flat toll)	89,583
Tate's Cairn Tunnel Map	1991	3.9	2018	Hong Kong Government / Pacific Infrastructure Management Limited	14/14/21/28-31/21-25^[1]	61,571
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Map	1990	0.9		Hong Kong Government / Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited	Free	96,172
Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel	2022	2.2	—	Hong Kong Government	Free	—	—

Tunnels in the New Territories edit

Tunnel	Opened	Length (km)	Franchise lasts until	Owner/operator	Cost for Motorcycles / taxis / cars / minibuses / buses / lorries (HK$)	Vehicles daily (As in 2021)	Capacity per day
Shing Mun Tunnels Map (east) Map (west)	1990	2.6		Hong Kong Government / Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited	5 (Flat toll)	52,349
Tai Lam Tunnel Map	1998	3.8	2025	Route 3 (CPS) Co. Ltd.	22 / 48 / 48 / 100 / 143~168 / 49~60 (concessionary fees until further notice)	45,392	140,000
Cheung Tsing Tunnel Map	1997	1.65		Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	Toll-free	83 000
Discovery Bay Tunnel Map	2000	0.63	N/A	HKR International Limited	50 for government cars and buses, 120 for light class goods vehicles, 160 for medium class goods vehicles, 250 for heavy and all other classes (motorcycles, taxis, private cars are disallowed)	612	520
Tai Wai Tunnel Map	2007	0.5	N/A	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	8 (Incorporated into toll fee of Eagle's Nest Tunnel & Sha Tin Heights Tunnel)	N/A	N/A
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	2019	4.8	N/A	Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited	Toll-free	16,728	N/A
Cheung Shan Tunnel	2019	0.9	N/A	Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited	Toll-free	4688	N/A
Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link	2020	5.5	N/A	Hong Kong Government / Transport Infrastructure Management Limited	Toll-free	17,548	N/A

Tunnels under construction or planned edit


Tunnel	Scheduled year of completion	Length (km)	Location
Central Kowloon Route	2025	4.7	Kowloon-New Kowloon
Trunk Road T2 [zh] and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel	2026	3	New Kowloon
Tuen Mun West Bypass	N/A	8.4	New Territories

Notable underpasses edit

Man Cheung Street Underpass across Connaught Road Central

Pedder Street Underpass

Smithfield Underpass

Salisbury Road Underpass

Chung Cheung Road

Lin Cheung Road Underpass

Man Cheung Street Underpass

Winslow Street Underpass

Chatham Road South-Gilles Avenue South Underpass

Sai Sha Road Ma On Shan Underpass

Sai Sha Road Clear Water Bay Underpass

Tsing Yi Road-Kwai Tsing Bridge Underpass

Yi Pei Chun Road Underpass

Wo Yi Hop Road Underpass

Austin Road West Underpass

Road bridges edit

There are about 1300 vehicular bridges in Hong Kong.^[2]

Major bridges in Hong Kong
Name	Year opened	Length (m)	Owner/operator	Toll	Daily traffic
Tsing Ma Bridge	1997	1,377	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	No	94,185 (as of Aug 2019)
Kap Shui Mun Bridge	1997	1,323	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	No	94,185 (as of Aug 2019)
Ting Kau Bridge	1998	1,177	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	No
Tsing Yi Bridge	1974	610	Hong Kong Government	No
Ap Lei Chau Bridge	1980	230	Hong Kong Government	No
Second Ap Lei Chau Bridge	1994	230	Hong Kong Government	No
Liu To Bridge	1987?	175	Hong Kong Government	No
Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor	2007	5,500	Hong Kong Government / Government of People's Republic of China	No
Stonecutters Bridge	2009	1,596	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	No
Cheung Tsing Bridge	1977	600	Hong Kong Government / TIML MOM Limited	No
Lai Chi Kok Bridge	1968	790	Hong Kong Government	No	82,560
Tsing Yi North Bridge	1987	1,015	Hong Kong Government	No	41,680
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge	2018	29,600	Hong Kong Government / Government of People's Republic of China	Yes	10,812

Other road bridges and viaducts edit

Liu To Bridge in July 2017

The spiral loop of New Clear Water Bay Road in August 2006

Tsing Yi North Coastal Road viewed from the Tsuen Wan coastline in July 2008

Banyan Bridge

Bridge on Bowen Road^[3]

Broadwood Road [yue]

Castle Peak Road – New Tai Lam

Choi Yee Bridge [zh]

Dragon Bridge

Hung Hom Bypass

Island Eastern Corridor

Kwun Tong Bypass

Lai Chi Kok Bridge

Lion Bridge

Lok Ma Chau Bridge [zh] (cross-border)

Mount Kellett Road Flyover [yue]

New Clear Water Bay Road

Sand Martin Bridge

Tsing Yi North Coastal Road

Tsuen Wan Road

Former bridges

Kwong Fuk Bridge

Pedestrian-only edit

Footbridges edit

Kwong Fuk Bridge over Lam Tsuen River
Footbridge over Leighton Road^[3]
Lek Yuen Bridge over Shing Mun River Channel
Footbridge between Lo Wu Control Point and Luohu Port (cross-border; over Sham Chun River)
Footbridge between Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point and Futian Port (cross-border; over Sham Chun River)
Several masonry bridges of Pokfulam Reservoir^[4]^[5]
A masonry bridge of Tai Tam Upper Reservoir^[6]
Several masonry bridges of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir^[6]

Railway edit

Railway tunnels edit

Various tunnels were built for the KCR network now leased to the MTRC:

Beacon Hill Tunnel
Tunnel No. 5
Tsuen Wan line immersed tube
Tunnel No. 1A
Tunnel No. 5A
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line
Kwai Tsing Tunnels (Tsing Tsuen Tunnels and Ha Kwai Chung Tunnels)
Tai Lam Tunnel (Tuen Ma line)

Tunnels of the MTR:

Airport Railway immersed tube
Nam Fung Tunnel
Lei Tung Tunnel
Tunnels between Tsing Yi station and Tsing Ma Bridge
Tunnel to the west of Kap Shui Mun Bridge

Tunnels owned by the KCRC leased to the MTRC:

Lion Rock Tunnel (Tuen Ma line)
East Rail line Cross-Harbour extension (Shatin to Central Link Cross-Harbour section; Contract 1121)^[7]

Underground sections of MTR:

Kwun Tong line:
- Whampoa – Choi Hung
- Lam Tin – Tiu Keng Leng (Black Hill Tunnels)
Tsuen Wan line:
- Central – Lai King
- Around Tai Wo Hau
Island line: Kennedy Town – Heng Fa Chuen
Tuen Ma line: Hin Keng – Tsuen Wan West (including Lion Rock Tunnel mentioned above; after Tsuen Wan West the railway line continue onto Tai Lam Tunnel and Kwai Tsing Tunnels mentioned above), except for the section near Nam Cheong and Hung Hom
Tseung Kwan O line: Entire line (except a short section between Lohas Park and Pak Shing Kok Tunnel)

High-speed rail:

Hong Kong Express Rail Link: Entire line

Former tunnels:

Tunnel No. 1
Tunnel No. 3
Tunnel No. 4
Old Beacon Hill Tunnel
A tunnel near Tong To Village on the former Sha Tau Kok Railway

The Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover also features tunnel portions.

Railway bridges and viaducts edit

Trams crossing Bowrington Canal in the 1920s

Aberdeen Channel Bridge in October 2016

MTR edit

East Rail line / Through Train edit

Lo Wu Bridge
Bridge over Lam Tsuen River
Bridge over Tai Po River (three tracks)
Bridge over Tai Wai Nullah
Bridge over Fo Tan Nullah (five tracks)
Bridge over Cheung Shui Tam (near the junction of Yau King Lane and Cheung Tai Road; decommissioned)

Island line edit

Heng Fa Chuen – Chai Wan Viaduct

Kwun Tong line edit

Kowloon Bay – Lam Tin Viaduct

Tuen Ma line edit

Tai Wai – Shek Mun Viaduct (including a section over the Siu Lek Yuen Nullah)
Tai Shui Hang – Wu Kai Sha Viaduct
A road-rail bridge (with Ma On Shan Road) over Nui Po Tung Hang
Kam Sheung Road–Tuen Mun Viaduct (longest bridge/viaduct in Hong Kong)^[8]

South Island line edit

Ocean Park – Wong Chuk Hang Viaduct
Aberdeen Channel Bridge

Tsuen Wan line edit

Kwai Fong – Kwai Hing Viaduct

Lantau Railway (Tung Chung line / Airport Express) edit

Kap Shui Mun Bridge
Ma Wan Viaduct
Tsing Lai Bridge
Tsing Ma Bridge
Railway bridge between Lantau Island & Chek Lap Kok Island

Light Rail edit

Hoi Wong Road over Tuen Mun River
Castle Peak Road – Hung Shui Kiu over Hung Shui River
Castle Peak Road – Yuen Long over Yuen Long Nullah
Pui To Road over Tuen Mun River
Fung Tei Station to Siu Hong Station over Tuen Mun River
Bridge across the junction of Tin Wah Road and Tin Shui Road

Peak Tram edit

Bridge over Kennedy Road

Tram edit

Bowrington Bridge over Bowrington Canal (subsumed)

Former Sha Tau Kok Railway edit

Various bridges, including one in Wo Hang, one in Shek Au Chung^[9] and another in Ma Tseuk Leng

Others edit

Other tunnels edit

Drainage tunnels edit

Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel
- Po Shan Drainage Tunnel
Lai Chi Kok Drainage Tunnel
Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel

Tunnels for electricity cables edit

Nam Fung–Parker Tunnel‌ [yue] (5.7 km (3.5 mi))^[10]
Wah Fu–Bowen Tunnel (3.1 km (1.9 mi))
Castle Peak Cable Tunnel (2.796 mi (4.5 km))^[11]^[12]
Sham Tseng to Ma Wan Cable Crossing
Lantau to Ma Wan Cable Crossing

Tunnels for gas pipes edit

Old Beacon Hill Tunnel
Braemar Hill Tunnel

Tunnels for seawater cooling edit

Hongkong Bank Seawater Tunnel
The Excelsior Seawater Tunnel (pipes removed)

Sewerage tunnels edit

Harbour Area Treatment Scheme – two tunnels beneath Victoria Harbour
Tolo Harbour Effluent Export Scheme

Water supplies tunnels edit

High Island Water Tunnels
Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme [zh] between Kowloon Byewash Reservoir and Lower Shing Mun Reservoir
Kornhill Tunnel^[13]^[14]
Lion Rock Tunnel
Second Lion Rock Tunnel
Pok Fu Lam Tunnel
Shek Pik Scheme Water Tunnels
Tai Lam Chung Tunnels (Tai Lam Chung to Chai Wan Kok to Tsing Lung Tau)
Tai Tam Tunnel (Tai Tam to Wong Nai Chung)
Tung Chung Tunnel

Mining tunnels edit

Other bridges edit

A series of aqueducts on the Pokfulam Conduit [yue]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
Bowen Aqueduct^[22]^[23]^[24]
Tai Tam Upper Reservoir Masonry Aqueduct^[25]^[26]^[27]

References edit

^ "Tate's Cairn Tunnel Company Limited". Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
^ Major bridge development in Hong Kong, China-past, present and future (abstract), Hui, M.C.H. & Yau, D. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China (2011) 5: 405. doi:10.1007/s11709-011-0136-4
^ ^a ^b "Highways Department – the First Footbridge and Vehicular Bridge in Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "The masonry bridge of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Hong Kong Island – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "6 Historic Structures of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "22 Historic Structures of Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "MTR – Shatin to Central Link – Construction – Contracts".
^ "World's Largest Railroad Viaduct | No Sheep". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ "沙頭角文化生態協會". Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Facebook.
^ Cable Tunnels
^ "Dragages Hong Kong".
^ "BYME Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited".
^ Strategic Cavern area
^ "Kornhill Tunnel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Found: 16 of the 32 aqueducts of the Pok Fu Lam Conduit (Built 1876 – 1877) 薄扶林引水道 – 建於1876年至1877年". Paul Zimmerman 司馬文 – Southern District Councillor 南區區議員. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Heritage status for Pok Fu Lam Conduit 促請文物保育：薄扶林水塘石板引水道". designinghongkong.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Hong Kong heritage buffs want remains of historic Pok Fu Lam aqueduct saved from ruin".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Pokfulam's Inverted Siphons | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".
^ "The Pokfulam Conduit | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".
^ "Heritage buffs want remains of historic Pok Fu Lam aqueduct saved from ruin". 11 January 2021.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Directory /images/Pokfulam conduit". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Press Release : Guided tour explores centenary waterworks monuments – 1008146". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
^ "Monuments". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links edit

Transport Department: Tunnels & Bridges in Hong Kong
Civil Engineering Department: Catalogue of Hong Kong Tunnels (Up to December 2008)
Civil Engineering Department: Geotechnical Control of Tunnel Works – CEDD Newsletter Issue No.30^{[permanent dead link]}

Media related to Tunnels in Hong Kong at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Bridges in Hong Kong at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Tate's Cairn Tunnel Company Limited". Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

[2] Major bridge development in Hong Kong, China-past, present and future (abstract), Hui, M.C.H. & Yau, D. Front. Archit. Civ. Eng. China (2011) 5: 405. doi:10.1007/s11709-011-0136-4

[hyd_oldest-3] "Highways Department – the First Footbridge and Vehicular Bridge in Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

[4] "The masonry bridge of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, Hong Kong Island – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[5] "6 Historic Structures of Pok Fu Lam Reservoir – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[taitammasonrybridges-6] "22 Historic Structures of Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[7] "MTR – Shatin to Central Link – Construction – Contracts".

[8] "World's Largest Railroad Viaduct | No Sheep". Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

[9] "沙頭角文化生態協會". Retrieved 29 November 2022 – via Facebook.

[10] Cable Tunnels

[11] "Dragages Hong Kong".

[12] "BYME Engineering (Hong Kong) Limited".

[13] Strategic Cavern area

[14] "Kornhill Tunnel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[15] "Found: 16 of the 32 aqueducts of the Pok Fu Lam Conduit (Built 1876 – 1877) 薄扶林引水道 – 建於1876年至1877年". Paul Zimmerman 司馬文 – Southern District Councillor 南區區議員. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[16] "Heritage status for Pok Fu Lam Conduit 促請文物保育：薄扶林水塘石板引水道". designinghongkong.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[17] "Hong Kong heritage buffs want remains of historic Pok Fu Lam aqueduct saved from ruin".

[18] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[19] "Pokfulam's Inverted Siphons | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".

[20] "The Pokfulam Conduit | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong".

[21] "Heritage buffs want remains of historic Pok Fu Lam aqueduct saved from ruin". 11 January 2021.

[22] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[23] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[24] "Directory /images/Pokfulam conduit". Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[25] "Press Release : Guided tour explores centenary waterworks monuments – 1008146". Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

[26] "Monuments". Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[27] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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