Aberdeen Tunnel

Aberdeen Tunnel
A two-lane road in a tunnel with plain brown sides and one overhead light strip.
Inside of northbound bore
Overview
Other name(s)香港仔隧道
LocationHong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°15′39″N 114°10′52″E / 22.26086°N 114.18108°E / 22.26086; 114.18108
StatusActive
Route Route 1
StartWong Chuk Hang
EndHappy Valley
Operation
Opened12 March 1982; 42 years ago (1982-03-12)[1]
OwnerHong Kong Link
OperatorTransport Infrastructure Management Ltd.
TrafficVehicular
CharacterLimited-access
TollHK$5
Vehicles per day64,114 (May 2015)[2]
Technical
Length1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi)
No. of lanes4 lanes (2 lanes per direction)
Operating speed70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
Aberdeen Tunnel
Chinese香港仔隧道
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng jái seuih douh
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 zai2 soei6 dou6
Aberdeen Tunnel, Happy Valley entrance
Toll plaza

Aberdeen Tunnel, part of Route 1, is a two-tube tunnel linking Happy Valley and Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It shortens the travel time between Wong Chuk Hang and Causeway Bay of the Hong Kong Island. It connects the Wong Chuk Hang Road and Canal Road Flyover in the Hong Kong Island. The toll plaza is at the Wong Chuk Hang end.

The toll is HK$5.[1] The tunnel is 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) long[1] and was used by 64,114 vehicles daily in 2015.[2]

Aberdeen Tunnel is currently managed by Transport Infrastructure Management Limited.

  1. ^ a b c "Transport in Hong Kong - Tunnels and Bridges". Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Table 3.2(b) : Aberdeen Tunnel" (PDF). Monthly Traffic and Transport Digest. Transport Department. May 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.