Western Harbour Crossing

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Western Harbour Crossing is a major toll tunnel in Hong Kong that provides one of the key road links beneath Victoria Harbour between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

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Label Occurrences
Western Harbour Crossing canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf build–operate–transfer project
road tunnel
toll road tunnel
undersea tunnel
alsoKnownAs WHC
connects Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
connectsDistrict Sai Ying Pun
Yau Ma Tei
constructionMethod immersed tube tunnel
constructionStartDate 1993
country Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
franchiseModel public–private partnership
harbourCrossingNumber third road harbour crossing in Hong Kong
hasJunctionWith Connaught Road West
Rumsey Street Flyover
West Kowloon Highway
hasPortalOn Kowloon
surface form: West Kowloon

western Hong Kong Island
hasSpeedLimit 70 km/h (typical posted limit)
lanesPerDirection 3
languageOfSignage Chinese
English
length approximately 2 km
locatedIn Victoria Harbour
locatedInTimeZone Hong Kong Time
locatedUnder Victoria Harbour seabed
numberOfLanes 6
numberOfTubes 2
openedInYear 1997
openingDate 1997-04-30
operator Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited
owner Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
surface form: Government of Hong Kong (after franchise expiry)
partOf Hong Kong road network
Route 3 (Hong Kong)
precededBy Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Eastern Harbour Crossing
purpose vehicular traffic
region Asia
roadType dual carriageway
role key road link between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon
serves Central and Western District
Yau Tsim Mong District
status in operation
toll yes
tollCollection electronic toll collection available
trafficDirection left-hand traffic

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Referenced by (4)

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

Victoria Harbour crossedBy Western Harbour Crossing
Yau Tsim Mong District hasTransportInfrastructure Western Harbour Crossing
West Kowloon Cultural District borderedBy Western Harbour Crossing
Eastern Harbour Crossing alternativeTo Western Harbour Crossing