Tseung Kwan O Tunnel () is a 900-metre
tunnel
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beneath
Ma Yau Tong in
Hong Kong
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. The tunnel was opened on 9 November 1990.
Part of
Route 7, it links
Sau Mau Ping,
Kwun Tong
Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...
,
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
and the
Tseung Kwan O New Town
Tseung Kwan O New Town is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk Bay (known as Tseung Kwan O in Chinese/Cantonese language) in southeastern New Territories, after which it is named ...
,
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of la ...
, the
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is ...
. It was used by 80,385 vehicles daily in 2011.
The flat toll fee for the tunnel is HK$3 since opening.
The toll fee has been waived since the opening of
Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel on 11 December 2022.
This tunnel is connected to Tseung Kwan O Road on the Kowloon side along with its
toll plaza
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, and Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road on the Tseung Kwan O side.
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel is currently managed by Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited.
See also
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Transport in Hong Kong
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List of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong
This is a list of tunnels and bridges in Hong Kong.
Road
Road tunnels Victoria Harbour crossings
Tunnels on Hong Kong Island
Tunnels in New Kowloon
Tunnels between New Kowloon and the New Territories
Tunnels in the New Ter ...
References
Sau Mau Ping
Tseung Kwan O
Ma Yau Tong
Road tunnels in Hong Kong
Route 7 (Hong Kong)
Tunnels completed in 1990
1990 establishments in Hong Kong
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