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:Route 3 (Hong Kong)

{{short description|Road in Hong Kong}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}{{Use Hong Kong English|date = June 2022}}

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|country = HKG

|type = route

|route = 3

|alternate_name =

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|map_notes = Route 3 highlighted in red

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|map_state =

|length_km = 27.2

|length_round =

|length_ref =

|length_notes =

|established = 1998

|decommissioned =

|direction_a = South

|terminus_a = File:HK Route4.svg Connaught Road West, Sai Ying Pun

|junction = *File:HK Route8.svg Tsing Sha Highway, Cheung Sha Wan

|direction_b = North

|terminus_b = File:HK Route9.svg in Yuen Long

|districts = Central and Western, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long

|previous_type = route

|previous_route = 2

|next_type =route

|next_route = 4

}}

Route 3 ({{lang-zh|t=三號幹綫}}) is a series of expressways in Hong Kong that runs from Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island to Yuen Long in the New Territories, linking West Kowloon, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi. It was built as part of the Airport Core Programme to provide access to Hong Kong International Airport from the city, and to relieve congestion in the New Territories. The Western Harbour Crossing and Tai Lam Tunnel that form part of the route are tollways.

Route description

The route originates at the junction with Route 4 at Connaught Road in Sai Ying Pun, and immediately crosses the Victoria Harbour through the tolled Western Harbour Crossing. From then on it heads northwest on a viaduct along the West Kowloon Highway, above the Tung Chung line and Airport Express tracks. This section has three exits that connects with Route 8, Route 7 and Route 5 respectively. It then enters the Tsing Kwai Highway in Lai Chi Kok and continues west to Tsing Yi Island on Rambler Channel Bridge. Once it reaches the island, the Cheung Tsing Tunnel immediately follows. At the other end of the tunnel, Route 3 enters the Tsing Yi Northwestern Interchange and meet with Route 8 again. The interchange is a gateway to Lantau Island and Chek Lap Kok Airport. Route 3 then makes a sharp turn and travels north on Ting Kau Bridge and quickly enters the tolled Tai Lam Tunnel. From there, the remainder of the route is dubbed the Country Park Section{{Cite web|url=http://www.route3cps.com.hk/ |title=Route 3 Country Park Section Ltd |accessdate=7 September 2014}} which runs all the way to Kam Tin along the Tsing Long Highway, and joins Route 9 near Pok Oi Hospital.{{Cite web|url=http://www.td.gov.hk/mini_site/hksrens/2008/EN/RouteMapL-R3.htm |title=Route Diagram-Route 3 |accessdate=6 September 2014 |publisher=Transport Department }}

The route is made up of the following roads:

  • Western Harbour Crossing
  • West Kowloon Highway
  • Tsing Kwai Highway
  • Cheung Tsing Bridge and Cheung Tsing Tunnel (within Tsing Ma Control Area)
  • Cheung Tsing Highway (within Tsing Ma Control Area)
  • Ting Kau Bridge (within Tsing Ma Control Area)
  • Tai Lam Tunnel
  • Tsing Long Highway

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Exits and interchanges

{{Route 3 (Hong Kong)}}{{-}}

{| class="wikitable"

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!District

!Location

!Road Name

!km

!mi

!Exit

!Destinations

!Notes

|-

| rowspan="2" |Central and Western

| rowspan="2" |Sai Ying Pun

| rowspan="3" |Western Harbour Crossing

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: right;"|0.0

| rowspan="2" style="text-align: right;"|0.0

| style="text-align: center;" |1A

|{{Jct|country=HKG|route|4|name1=Connaught Road West eastbound|location1=Sai Ying Pun|location2=Sheung Wan|location3=Central|location4= Wan Chai}}

| rowspan="2" |Joins Route 4

|-

|1B

|{{Jct|country=HKG|route|4|name1=Connaught Road West westbound|location1=Shek Tong Tsui|location2=Kennedy Town|location3=Pok Fu Lam|location5=Aberdeen}}

|-

| colspan="2" |Victoria Harbour

|style="text-align: right;"|0.2–2.2

|style="text-align: right;"|0.1–1.4

| colspan="3" style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align: center;" | Western Harbour Tunnel (tolled)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Yau Tsim Mong

|West Kowloon

| rowspan="3" |West Kowloon Highway

|style="text-align: right;"|2.4

|style="text-align: right;"|1.5

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" | —

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Jordan Road

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Unnumbered northbound exit only

|-

|Yau Ma Tei

|style="text-align: right;"|3.0

|style="text-align: right;"|1.9

| style="text-align: center;" |2

|Lai Cheung Road – Mong Kok, Tai Kok Tsui, Sha Tin, High Speed Railway Station, Airport Express Station, Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei

|

|-

| rowspan="3" |Sham Shui Po

|Lai Wan

|style="text-align: right;"|6.2

|style="text-align: right;"|3.9

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |3

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |{{Jct|country=HKG|route|8|name1=Tsing Sha Highway [Lai Wan Interchange]|location1=Tsing Yi|location2=Lantau|location3=Hong Kong Disneyland|location4=Hong Kong International Airport|location5=Lai Chi Kok|location6=Cheung Sha Wan}}

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Southbound motorists must use exit 4 for Sha Tin and Lantau

|-

| rowspan="2" |Mei Foo

| rowspan="5" |Tsing Kwai Highway

|style="text-align: right;"|7.7

|style="text-align: right;"|4.8

| style="text-align: center;" |4

|Mei Ching Road (Mei Foo Interchange) – Container Terminals 1-8, Lai King and Sha Tin

|Southbound motorists use roundabout for Sha Tin and Lantau

|-

|style="text-align: right;"|8.3

|style="text-align: right;"|5.2

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |4A

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |{{Jct|country=HKG|route|7|name1=Ching Cheung Road|location1=Sha Tin|location2=Kwun Tong}}

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Southbound exit and northbound entrance only

|-

| rowspan="9" |Kwai Tsing

|Lai King

|style="text-align: right;"|9.3

|style="text-align: right;"|5.8

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |4B

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |{{Jct|country=HKG|route|5|name1=Tsuen Wan Road|location1=Kwai Chung|location2=Tsing Yi (North)|location3=Airport Express Station|location4= Tsuen Wan}}

| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" |Northbound exit and southbound entrance only

|-

|Kwai Chung

|style="text-align: right;"|10.0

|style="text-align: right;"|6.2

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |4C

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Kwai Tsing Road – Tsing Yi (South)

|-

|Rambler Channel

|style="text-align: right;"|11.0–11.4

|style="text-align: right;"|6.8–7.1

| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |Cheung Tsing Bridge

|-

| rowspan="6" |Tsing Yi

| rowspan="3" |Cheung Tsing Highway

|style="text-align: right;"|11.4–13.0

|style="text-align: right;"|7.1–8.1

| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |Cheung Tsing Tunnel

|-

|style="text-align: right;"|14.0

|style="text-align: right;"|8.7

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |4D

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |{{Jct|country=HKG|route|8|name1=Tsing Sha Highway|location1=Container Terminals 8-9|location2=Kowloon (West)|location3=Sha Tin}}

| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" |Southbound exit and northbound entrance only

|-

|style="text-align: right;"|14.1

|style="text-align: right;"|8.8

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |4E

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Tsing Yi Road West – Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan and Airport Express Station

|-

| rowspan="2" |North West Tsing Yi Interchange

|style="text-align: right;"|14.7

|style="text-align: right;"|9.1

| style="text-align: center;" |5

|{{Jct|country=HKG|route|8|name1=Lantau Link|location1=Lantau|location2=Hong Kong Disneyland|location3=Hong Kong International Airport}}

|

|-

|style="text-align: right;"|14.7

|style="text-align: right;"|9.1

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |5A

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |View Point and Administration Building

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Southbound exit only, northbound exit and entrance; exit for Tsing Yi North Coastal Road

|-

| rowspan="5" |Tsing Long Highway

|style="text-align: right;"|15.2–16.5

|style="text-align: right;"|9.4–10.3

| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |Ting Kau Bridge

|-

|Tsuen Wan

|Ting Kau

|style="text-align: right;"|16.8

|style="text-align: right;"|10.4

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |6

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |{{Jct|country=HKG|route|9|name1=Tuen Mun Road|location1=Sham Tseng|location2=Tuen Mun|location3=Tsuen Wan}}

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Northbound interchange clockwise, southbound interchange anticlockwise only

|-

| colspan="2" |Tai Lam

|style="text-align: right;"|17.7–21.5

|style="text-align: right;"|11.0–13.4

| colspan="3" style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align: center;" |Tai Lam Tunnel (tolled)

|-

| rowspan="3" |Yuen Long

|Pat Heung

|style="text-align: right;"|23.0

|style="text-align: right;"|14.3

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |6A

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Pat Heung Road – Pat Heung

| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" |Northbound exit and southbound entrance only

|-

|Kam Tin

|style="text-align: right;"|25.0

|style="text-align: right;"|15.5

| style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" |6B

| style="background:#ffdddd;" |Kam Tin Road – Kam Tin and Au Tau

|-

|Au Tau

|Au Tau Interchange

|style="text-align: right;"|27.2

|style="text-align: right;"|16.9

|

|{{Jct|country=HKG|route|9|name1=Yuen Long Highway (anticlockwise)/San Tin Highway (clockwise)|location=Yuen Long|location2=Tin Shui Wai|location3=Wetland Park|location4=Lau Fau Shan|location5=Shenzhen Bay|location6=Lok Ma Chau|location7=Mai Po|location8= San Tin|location9=Sheung Shui}}

|Joins Route 9

{{jctbtm|col=8|keys=incomplete,toll}}

References

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{{HK routes|routes;r3;}}

Category:Routes in Hong Kong