San Tin Highway () is a northeast-southwest

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San Tin San Tin () is a loosely defined area in Yuen Long District in New Territories, Hong Kong that is part of the San Tin constituency. Unlike Hong Kong's highly urbanised areas, San Tin is sparsely populated due to its marshlands. San Tin is loca ...

in north-western

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. San Tin Highway connects

Fanling Highway Fanling Highway () is a part of Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new town of Tai Po and San Tin Highway, passing through Sheung Shui and Fanling on its way. The three lane expressway was constructed between 1983 and 1987. Alignment The ro ...

at its northeastern end at San Tin Interchange"San Tin Interchange" Atkins Global
/ref> to a fork at the Tsing Long Highway and

Yuen Long Highway Yuen Long Highway () is a Hong Kong expressway connecting Au Tau in Yuen Long and Lam Tei in Tuen Mun of New Territories. Part of Route 9, it bypasses Yuen Long Town and the rural areas of Lam Tei, Hung Shui Kiu and Ping Shan, providing a con ...

at Kam Tin River east of

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at the southwestern end of the San Tin Highway. San Tin Highway is also part of Route 9. The road was completed between 1991 and 1993.

Description

San Tin Highway connects the Tsing Long Highway and the

north of

Au Tau Au Tau () is an area of Yuen Long District, Hong Kong, located directly east of Yuen Long Town. Pok Oi Hospital is located in Au Tau. Pun Uk, a former mansion and a List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong, Grade I Historic Building i ...

, near the

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. It is also part of Route 9. The road was completed between 1991 and 1993. The speed limit of the expressway is 100 km/h. The intersection between San Tin Highway and Fanling Highway is the San Tin Interchange.

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s from San Tin Interchange on to San Sham Road lead 2 km north to Hong Kong's only 24-hour border crossing at the

Lok Ma Chau Control Point Lok Ma Chau Control Point () is an immigration control point in Lok Ma Chau, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong, which is on the border between Hong Kong and mainland China. It opened in 1989 as the third road crossing between the ...

–

Huanggang Port Huanggang Port () is a port of entry on the border between mainland China and Hong Kong, in the Futian District of Shenzhen, China. Its counterpart in Hong Kong is the Lok Ma Chau Control Point, located in Lok Ma Chau in Hong Kong's New Territ ...

border crossing with

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in mainland

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. The slip roads were completed in January 2007."Improvements Works to San Tin Interchange, Lok Ma Chau" chunwo.com
/ref> Before their construction, the vast amount of lorries and goods vehicles using the roundabout caused serious traffic congestion, on San Sham Road and occasionally on San Tin Highway. Before the completion of Tsing Long Highway, the southern end of the Highway connected to

Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. Completed in 1920, it runs in the approximate shape of an arc of a semi-circle. It runs West from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, New Kowloon, to Tuen Mun, then north to Yuen Long then east to Sh ...

and Au Tau Interchange. When Tsing Long Highway was opened in 1998, San Tin Highway was connected to it, thus linking up with

Tai Lam Tunnel Tai Lam Tunnel ( Chinese: 大欖隧道), running along Tsing Long Highway, is part of Route 3 Country Park Section (R3CPS) and is a transport link between the western New Territories in Ting Kau and Yuen Long. Tai Lam Tunnel was constructed t ...

and

. The interchange near Fairview Park is the roundabout which has the most exits in Hong Kong. It has 7 entrances and exits which lead to: * Fairview Park (Joining Fairview Park Boulevard) * San Tin Highway (Bidirectional) * Castle Peak Road — Tam Mi (Bidirectional) * San Tam Road (Bidirectional)

Interchanges

References

External links

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