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Cheung Tsing Highway
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Cheung Tsing Highway (Chinese: 長青公路; Cantonese Yale: chèuhng chīng gūng louh) is a highway of Route 3 between Cheung Tsing Tunnel and North West Tsing Yi Interchange [yue] on Tsing Yi Island, New Territories, 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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Cheung Tsing Highway | |
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Part of Route 3 | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by Highways Department | |
Length | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
Existed | 1997–present |
Major junctions | |
Southeast end | Cheung Tsing Tunnel |
Northwest end | North West Tsing Yi Interchange |
Location | |
Country | China |
Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
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 [yue] 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]