Lantau Link
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The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing,<ref name="govt">Government information about the Lantau Link</ref> 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. It is 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.<ref name="govt"/>
InfrastructureEdit
The Lantau Link is Template:Convert long and consists of:
- the Tsing Ma Bridge, a suspension bridge linking Tsing Yi to Ma Wan island
- the Ma Wan Viaduct, a viaduct crossing Ma Wan
- the Kap Shui Mun Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge linking Ma Wan to Lantau Island
The 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 Template:Convert on the upper level and Template:Convert on the lower level. The lower level is generally used only 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 opened on 27 December 2020 as the second land connection, reducing the traffic pressure on Lantau Link.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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. Tsing Yi is also home to the Lantau Link Visitors Centre, a museum and viewing platform for the Lantau Link.<ref name="am730November2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
InterchangesEdit
| Lantau Link File:HK Route8.svg | ||
| Inbound exits | Exit number | Lantau-bound exits |
| End Lantau Link continues as Tsing Sha Highway File:HK Route8.svg |
- | Start Lantau Link |
| Cheung Tsing Highway File:HK Route3.svg Container Terminals 1-7, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
4A | no exit |
| Tsing Long Highway File:HK Route3.svg 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 File:HK Route8.svg |
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| Preceded by {{#if:Tsing Sha Highway|Tsing Sha Highway|—}} |
Hong Kong Route 8 File:HK Route8.svg Lantau Link{{#if:| {{{curr}}}}} |
Succeeded by {{#if:North Lantau Highway|North Lantau Highway|—}} |