North Lantau Highway

North Lantau Highway
North Lantau Highway
Traditional Chinese	北大嶼山公路
Simplified Chinese	北大屿山公路
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Běi Dàyǔshān Gōnglù
Hakka
Romanization	Bet5 tai4 yi2 san1 gung1 lu4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Bāk daaih yùh sāan gūng louh
Jyutping	Bak1 daai6 jyu4 saan1 gung1 lou6

North Lantau Highway
North Lantau Highway
Part of Route 8
	North Lantau Highway coloured red
Route information
	Maintained by Highways Department
Length	12.8 km (8.0 mi)
Existed	1997–present
Major junctions
West end	Chek Lap Kok
East end	Lantau (near Yam O)
Location
Country	China
Special administrative region	Hong Kong
Highway system
	Transport in Hong Kong ; Routes ; Roads and Streets ;

Last updated December 22, 2024

North Lantau Highway
District	Location	km	Interchange name	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Islands	Chek Lap Kok	0.0			Airport Road – Airport	Western terminus; start of Route 8 distance markers.
	Tung Chung	0.4				Start of expressway; western terminus of Route 8.
		0.6		6C	Tung Chung Waterfront Road – Tung Chung (North)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance Formerly numbered 6B
		1.6	Tung Chung Eastern Interchange	6B	Yu Tung Road – Tung Chung Town Centre, Tung Chung (West)	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance Formerly numbered 6A
	Siu Ho Wan	3.4		6A	Shun Long Road – Tuen Mun, Zhuhai, Macao	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance Linkage to the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge and Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link
		4.8	Siu Ho Wan Interchange	6	Unnamed access road – Siu Ho Wan MTR Depot
		5.4		5A	Shun Long Road – Zhuhai, Macao	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance Linkage to the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
Tsuen Wan	Yam O	11.3	Sunny Bay Interchange	5	Penny's Bay Highway – Disneyland Resort, Sunny Bay
Tsuen Wan	Tsing Chau Tsai	12.9	Lantau Toll Plaza		Lantau Link – Tsing Yi, Kowloon, Hong Kong	Eastern terminus (at toll booths); Route 8 continues
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Incomplete access

Traffic

The Transport Department offers traffic figures at two sections of the North Lantau Highway. The section between the western end of the highway (i.e. Airport Road) and the Tung Chung Eastern Interchange registered annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 54,410 in 2016. The section between Tung Chung and Ngong Shuen Au was busier, carrying 66,110 AADT in 2016.^[10]

Traffic on the highway has increased in recent years. Some residents and legislators have raised concerns that the new Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (see below) will increase traffic congestion.^[11]

Current developments

A new interchange at Tai Ho Wan is under construction. This will connect the North Lantau Expressway to the Border Crossing Facilities Island (BCF Island), a new artificial island being built as part of the controversial Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge project. The connection between the new island and the North Lantau Expressway is actually being built under the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link project, a new road tunnel connecting Tuen Mun to the BCF Island.

From the new interchange, a two-lane dual carriageway will run on viaducts, over the sea, to the BCF Island. The project (including the viaducts, the interchange, and modifications to the North Lantau Highway and Cheung Tung Road) is being built by Hong Kong contractor Gammon Construction for a contract value of HK$8.66 billion. The Highways Departments expects this to be complete by 2019.^[12]

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References

1 2 "North Lantau Expressway". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Government Secretariat. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 Lloyd, R.H. (1998). "Design and construction of the West Kowloon Expressway, Kwai Chung and Tsing yi section of Route 3 and the North Lantau Expressway". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 126 (6): 16–34. ISSN 1751-7672.
↑ Yue, S.Y. (7 March 1992). "Expressway contract split to help locals". South China Morning Post . p. 5.
1 2 "List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Government Secretariat. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
↑ "Tai Ho route almost finished". South China Morning Post. 28 October 1993.
↑ Delfino, Brendan (22 May 1997). "Drivers' beef with new road". South China Morning Post. p. 4.
↑ "百年一遇暴雨沖潰機場命脈北大嶼山公路成河道交通癱瘓10小時". Ming Pao. 8 June 2008.
↑ "洪水五秒癱瘓機場公路". Sing Tao Daily. 8 June 2008.
↑ "Work on highway split into three". South China Morning Post. 14 October 1991.
↑ "The Annual Traffic Census 2016" (PDF). Transport Department. August 2017.
↑ Clark, Robert (18 January 2018). "N. Lantau Highway traffic up 40% over four years". Lantau News.
↑ "Contract No. HY/2012/07 Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link Southern Connection Viaduct Section". Highways Department. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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[napcoNorthLantauExpy-1] 1 2 "North Lantau Expressway". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Government Secretariat. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[ICE1-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Lloyd, R.H. (1998). "Design and construction of the West Kowloon Expressway, Kwai Chung and Tsing yi section of Route 3 and the North Lantau Expressway". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 126 (6): 16–34. ISSN 1751-7672.

[contractsplit-3] Yue, S.Y. (7 March 1992). "Expressway contract split to help locals". South China Morning Post . p. 5.

[napcocontracts-4] 1 2 "List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Government Secretariat. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[almost-5] "Tai Ho route almost finished". South China Morning Post. 28 October 1993.

[beef-6] Delfino, Brendan (22 May 1997). "Drivers' beef with new road". South China Morning Post. p. 4.

[7] "百年一遇暴雨沖潰機場命脈北大嶼山公路成河道交通癱瘓10小時". Ming Pao. 8 June 2008.

[8] "洪水五秒癱瘓機場公路". Sing Tao Daily. 8 June 2008.

[9] "Work on highway split into three". South China Morning Post. 14 October 1991.

[trafficcensus2016-10] "The Annual Traffic Census 2016" (PDF). Transport Department. August 2017.

[lantaunews-11] Clark, Robert (18 January 2018). "N. Lantau Highway traffic up 40% over four years". Lantau News.

[hydcontract-12] "Contract No. HY/2012/07 Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link Southern Connection Viaduct Section". Highways Department. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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