Cheung Tsing Highway
Cheung Tsing Highway (Chinese: 長青公路; Cantonese Yale: cheung4 ching1 gung1 lou6) is a highway of Route 3 between Cheung Tsing Tunnel and North West Tsing Yi Interchange on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It was built as part of the Airport Core Programme together with the rest of Route 3 to provide a new highway link from North Western New Territories towards Hong Kong Island, and connects with Route 8 to provide access to the new Hong Kong International Airport.
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| Part of Route 3 | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by Highways Department | |
| Length | 1.2 km (0.7 mi) |
| Existed | 1997–present |
| Major junctions | |
| East end | Tsing Yi |
| West end | Tsing Yi |
| Highway system | |
It leads to Tsing Long Highway at North West Tsing Yi Interchange, and also connects to Lantau Link and Tsing Yi Road West there. Its eastern end leads into Cheung Tsing Tunnel which is connected to Tsing Kwai Highway by Cheung Tsing Bridge.
In the early morning of 30 November 2018, a coach ferrying workers to Hong Kong International Airport collided with a broken-down taxi on the highway, killing six people – the coach driver, the taxi driver and four of the coach passengers. The coach driver was suspected to have fallen asleep, and had previously been involved in two other early-morning coach accidents in 2018.[1][2] On 5 December, a memorial service for four of the victims was held at the accident site on the portion of Cheung Tsing Highway in Tsing Yi; the section of road was closed for two hours.[3]
Interchanges
Cheung Tsing Highway  | ||
| Eastbound exits | Exit number | Westbound exits |
| continues as Tsing Kwai Highway | ||
| End Cheung Tsing Highway |
Start Cheung Tsing Highway | |
| Cheung Tsing Tunnel | ||
| NORTH WEST TSING YI INTERCHANGE Container Port Terminals, Sha Tin Tsing Sha Highway  |
4D | no exit |
| NORTH WEST TSING YI INTERCHANGE Tsing Yi South Tsing Yi Road West |
4E | no exit |
| see Tsing Long Highway | 5 | NORTH WEST TSING YI INTERCHANGE Lantau Lantau Link |
| no exit | 5A | NORTH WEST TSING YI INTERCHANGE Lantau Link administration building, View Point, Tsing Yi North, Tsuen Wan Tsing Yi North Coastal Road |
| Start Cheung Tsing Highway |
End Cheung Tsing Highway NORTH WEST TSING YI INTERCHANGE continues on as Tsing Long Highway | |
See also
Other highways in Kowloon and New Territories:
- Tsing Kwai Highway - Route 3
- West Kowloon Corridor - Route 5
- West Kowloon Highway - Route 3
- Tsing Long Highway - Route 3
- Tate's Cairn Highway - Route 2
- Tsing Sha Highway - Route 8
References
- Lo, Clifford (4 December 2018). "Coach driver involved in Tsing Yi crash dies of his injuries in hospital, says government spokeswoman". South China Morning Post. South China Morning Post Publishers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- "Five dead, 31 injured in Hong Kong coach crash: police". Hindustan Times. HT Media. Agence France-Presse. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- Lo, Clifford (5 December 2018). "Driver of coach in fatal Tsing Yi crash had been involved in seven traffic violations in recent years". South China Morning Post. South China Morning Post Publishers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
External links
| Preceded by Tsing Kwai Highway |
Hong Kong Route 3 Cheung Tsing Highway |
Succeeded by Tsing Long Highway |