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North Lantau Highway

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The most significant bridge along the length of the road is located at the very end of the highway, linking Lantau and Chek Lap Kok. This multi-span structure, approximately 320 metres long, also carries a utility conduit serving the airport containing electricity, water, sewerage, telephone, and raw
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inaccessible by road. With a water depth of 3 metres (9.8 ft), and the flood extending 500 metres (550 yd) in length, some 20 vehicles were trapped on the scene by the floodwater. Another thousand vehicles were trapped in the resulting traffic jam, extending about 10 km (6.2 mi)
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Rather than tendering the project as a single contract, which would have drawn bids from only the largest international contractors, the Hong Kong government opted to split the expressway into three separate phases that would be more manageable in scale to local companies, thereby drawing a more
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An early design for the North Lantau Highway was completed in the early 1980s. It was envisaged as a two-lane dual carriageway " the rugged northern coastline of Lantau". However, the plan did not proceed at that time as the airport project was shelved by the government for financial reasons.
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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
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in the 1990s. The ultimate aim of the new motorway was to connect Hong Kong's urban core with the new international airport (opened 1998) as well as associated new town development in Tung Chung. Construction commenced in June 1992 to a design by
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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
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Most of the highway is built on reclaimed land. The fill for the land reclamation came from slope cuttings or marine borrow areas in Hong Kong, or was river sand imported from China.
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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".
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was the lead contractor. The Yam O Section contract, worth $ 1.328 billion, was awarded on 14 September 1992 to a joint venture comprising
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rounded up about 30 cattle who had wandered onto the highway during construction, when the perimeter fence was not fully enclosed.
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is under construction. This will connect the North Lantau Expressway to the Border Crossing Facilities Island (BCF Island), a new
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at 6am, under rainfall as high as 145 mm (5.7 in) per hour. The highway was forced to close completely, rendering
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Traffic on the highway has increased in recent years. Some residents and legislators have raised concerns that the new
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The Sunny Bay Interchange came into operation in 2005, allowing traffic to exit the North Lantau Highway onto the new
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project. The connection between the new island and the North Lantau Expressway is actually being built under the
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with the rest of the territory. The road has three lanes in each direction for its entire length with full-width
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Section, worth HK$ 3.5 billion, was awarded on 8 June 1992 to the Lantau Expressway Joint Venture, of which
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for a contract value of HK$ 8.66 billion. The Highways Departments expects this to be complete by 2019.
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The expressway opened to traffic on 22 May 1997. In the days leading up to the opening, officers of the
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is 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) for most of its length, the highest of any road in Hong Kong.
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The Chek Lap Kok airport project was resurrected in 1989 under the governorship of
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North Lantau Highway is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) in length, beginning at
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Yue, S.Y. (7 March 1992). "Expressway contract split to help locals".
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This article contains a bulleted list or table of intersections which
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The highway was partially reopened starting from 4:00 pm that day.
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Delfino, Brendan (22 May 1997). "Drivers' beef with new road".
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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and through various cuttings. Finally, the road climbs over
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should be presented in a properly formatted junction table.
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competitive range of bids. The contract to construct the
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Western terminus; start of Route 8 distance markers.
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Sing Tao Daily. 8 June 2008. 1125:"List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96" 625: 219: 1003:being built as part of the controversial 486:, which was reclaimed mainly for the new 1466: 329: 1031: 1072: 1070: 1068: 1066: 1064: 1011:project, a new road tunnel connecting 178: 20: 843:Westbound exit and eastbound entrance 792:Eastbound exit and westbound entrance 755:Westbound exit and eastbound entrance 729:Westbound exit and eastbound entrance 7: 1223:. Transport Department. August 2017. 1202:"Work on highway split into three". 468:Agriculture and Fisheries Department 361:for emergencies and breakdowns. The 334:Aerial view of Sunny Bay Interchange 326:North Lantau Highway near Tung Chung 931:Eastern terminus (at toll booths); 723:Tung Chung Waterfront Road – 14: 1234:Clark, Robert (18 January 2018). 50:North Lantau Highway coloured red 1531:Extra areas operated by NT taxis 1484: 1277: 1218:"The Annual Traffic Census 2016" 1150:"Tai Ho route almost finished". 1129:Hong Kong Airport Core Programme 1047:Hong Kong Airport Core Programme 932: 909: 872: 684: 627: 587: 392:(MTR). This section is built on 298:Bak1 daai6 jyu4 saan1 gung1 lou6 44: 25: 739:Tung Chung Eastern Interchange 534:. Service was increased on the 523:Hong Kong International Airport 351:Hong Kong International Airport 297: 283: 262: 72:12.8 km (8.0 mi) 16:Expressway in western Hong Kong 1426:Northwest Tsing Yi Interchange 241: 211: 197: 1: 1005:Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge 985:Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge 847:Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge 796:Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge 545:to alleviate passenger flow. 513:, were completely flooded at 134:Special administrative region 978:annual average daily traffic 345:forming part of Hong Kong's 284:Bāk daaih yùh sāan gūng louh 263:Bet5 tai4 yi2 san1 gung1 lu4 482:. This opened up access to 1547: 1009:Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link 800:Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link 530:back to the toll plaza of 1043:"North Lantau Expressway" 944: 852: 761: 695: 659: 654: 651: 648: 645: 642: 639: 636: 308: 218: 186: 152: 143: 114: 60: 43: 35: 1516:Expressways in Hong Kong 1394:Ngong Shuen Chau Viaduct 1204:South China Morning Post 1167:South China Morning Post 1152:South China Morning Post 1107:South China Morning Post 951:     434:Construction and opening 428:Mott MacDonald Hong Kong 192:Traditional Chinese 809:Siu Ho Wan Interchange 206:Simplified Chinese 1379:Sha Tin Heights Tunnel 866:Sunny Bay Interchange 747:Tung Chung Town Centre 423:Airport Core Programme 335: 327: 319: 157:Transport in Hong Kong 1414:West Tsing Yi Viaduct 1404:East Tsing Yi Viaduct 1256:. 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