Route 3 (Hong Kong)

Route 3
Western Harbour Tunnel, West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Bridge, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, Ting Kau Bridge, Tai Lam Tunnel, Tsing Long Highway

Route 3 coloured red
Route information
Length: 27.4 km (17.0 mi)
Existed: 1997 – present
Major junctions
From: Sai Ying Pun
  14;
Route 4 at Sai Ying Pun, Route 5 at Kwai Chung, Route 7 at Kwai Chung, Route 8 at Cheung Sha Wan and Tsing Yi, Route 9 at Ting Kau and Yuen Long
To: Yuen Long
Location
Major cities: Hong Kong, Yuen Long
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 2 Route 4

Route 3 (Chinese: 三號幹綫) is a series of expressways in Hong Kong from Sai Ying Pun on the Hong Kong Island to Yuen Long in the New Territories, via Yau Ma Tei, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island.

From south to north, Route 3 can be divided into four parts. The first part runs across the Victoria Harbour through the Western Harbour Crossing from Sai Ying Pun to Yau Ma Tei.

The next section travels between Yau Ma Tei and Lai Chi Kok on the West Kowloon Highway. This section has interchanges with Route 5 in Tai Kok Tsui and junctions Route 7 in Butterfly Valley.

The third section is the Tsing Yi section, which includes Tsing Kwai Highway from Lai Chi Kok to Tsing Yi Island, with the Rambler Channel Bridge on its way; Cheung Tsing Highway, across the Tsing Yi Island going through the Cheung Ching Tunnel, through the Tsing Yi Northwestern Interchange, where Route 3 junctions with Route 8 leading to Chek Lap Kok Airport to the entrance of Ting Kau Bridge.

The last part is the Tsing Long Highway, which literally and actually runs from Tsing Yi Island to Yuen Long, crossing the Ting Kau Bridge, Tai Lam Tunnel and the Route 3 Country Park Section that runs from the northern exit of Tai Lam Tunnel to Kam Tin, and joins Route 9 near Pok Oi Hospital.

Observed roads and exits

Northbound towards Yuen Long Southbound towards Sai Ying Pun
Exit Destination Exit Destination
Sai Ying Pun (Intersection with Route 4)
1A Route 4 westbound towards Kennedy Town
1B Route 4 eastbound towards Chai Wan
Western Harbour Tunnel
West Kowloon Highway
2 Tsim Sha Tsui 2 Tsim Sha Tsui
3 Route 8 westbound to Tsing Yi and Lantau Island 3 Cheung Sha Wan
4 Container Port and Lai King 4 Container Port and Lantau Island
Tsing Kwai Highway
4A Route 7 eastbound to Tseung Kwan O
4B Route 5 westbound towards Tsuen Wan
4C Tsing Yi
Cheung Tsing Bridge
Cheung Tsing Tunnel
Cheung Tsing Highway
4D Route 8 eastbound to Container Port
4E Tsing Yi and Airport Express Station
5 Route 8 westbound to Lantau Island and Airport 5 Route 8 westbound to Lantau Island and Airport
5A Lantau Link administration building
Ting Kau Bridge
6 Route 9 to Tuen Mun 6 Route 9 to Tsuen Wan
Tsing Long Highway
Tai Lam Tunnel
Tsing Long Highway
6A Pat Heung
6B Kam Tin
Yuen Long (Intersection with Route 9)

See also

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