Lantau Link

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Lantau Link
Part of Route 8
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length4.0 km (2.5 mi)
Existed27 April 1997–present
Major junctions
East endTsing Yi
Major intersections3;
Route 3 at Tsing Yi
West endLantau (near Tsing Chau Tsai)
Location
CountryChina
Special administrative regionHong Kong
Highway system
Lantau Link
Traditional Chinese青嶼幹線
Simplified Chinese青屿干线
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQīngyǔ Gànxiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationching1 yu4 gon3 sin3
Lantau Link toll plaza at Tsing Chau Tsai, on Lantau Island.
The Lantau Link crossing the island of Ma Wan. From left to right: Tsing Ma Bridge, Ma Wan Viaduct (on the island) and Kap Shui Mun Bridge.

The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing,[1] 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. 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.[1]


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