Cross-Harbour Tunnel

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The Cross-Harbour Tunnel is Hong Kong’s first underwater road tunnel, linking Hong Kong Island and Kowloon beneath Victoria Harbour and serving as a major traffic artery in the city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road tunnel
transport infrastructure
undersea tunnel
vehicular tunnel
connects Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
constructionMethod immersed tube tunnel
constructionStartYear 1969
country Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
crosses Victoria Harbour
hasAbbreviation CHT
hasDirection northbound
southbound
hasLanesPerDirection 2
hasLocalNameInChinese Cross-Harbour Tunnel self-linksurface differs
surface form: 紅磡海底隧道
hasNearbyFacility Hung Hom Station
Victoria Park, Hong Kong
hasNumberOfLanes 4
hasNumberOfTubes 2
hasPeakHourCongestion yes
hasSignificance first road link between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon under Victoria Harbour
hasSpeedLimit 70 km/h
hasTollPlazaOn Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
hasTrafficType motor vehicles
isFirstUnderseaRoadTunnelIn Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
isOneOf three vehicular harbour crossings in Hong Kong
isPartOf Route 1 (Hong Kong)
length 1.82 kilometres
1820 metres
locatedIn Victoria Harbour
locatedInDistrict Causeway Bay
Hung Hom
opened 1972-08-02
openingYear 1972
operator Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
surface form: Hong Kong Government
precededBy no earlier road tunnel under Victoria Harbour
previousOperator Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Limited
servesArea Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
surface form: Kowloon Peninsula
servesAs major traffic artery in Hong Kong
tollRoad yes
usedBy buses
goods vehicles
private cars
taxis

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victoria Harbour crossedBy Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Hong Kong Island containsTransportInfrastructure Cross-Harbour Tunnel
this entity surface form: Cross-Harbour Tunnel Hong Kong portal
Cross-Harbour Tunnel hasLocalNameInChinese Cross-Harbour Tunnel self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 紅磡海底隧道
Western Harbour Crossing precededBy Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Hung Hom hasMajorTransportFacility Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Eastern Harbour Crossing alternativeTo Cross-Harbour Tunnel