![]() Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Sau Mau Ping portal | |
Overview | |
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Location | Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°19′08″N 114°14′45″E / 22.318824°N 114.245827°E |
Route | Route 7 |
Start | Sau Mau Ping |
End | Tseung Kwan O New Town near Tsui Lam Estate |
Operation | |
Work begun | September 1987 |
Opened | 9 November 1990 |
Owner | Hong Kong Government |
Operator | Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company |
Traffic | Vehicular |
Toll | No |
Technical | |
Length | 900 metres (3,000 ft) |
No. of lanes | 4 (2 per direction) |
Operating speed | 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph) |
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel (traditional Chinese: 將軍澳隧道; simplified Chinese: 将军澳隧道; Cantonese Yale: jeung1 gwan1 ou3 seui6 dou6) is a 900-metre tunnel beneath Ma Yau Tong in Hong Kong. The tunnel was opened on 9 November 1990.[1] Part of Route 7, it links Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, Kowloon and the Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District, the New Territories. It was used by 80,385 vehicles daily in 2011.[2][needs update]
The flat toll fee for the tunnel is HK$3 since opening.[3] The toll fee has been waived since the opening of Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel on 11 December 2022.
This tunnel is connected to Tseung Kwan O Road on the Kowloon side along with its toll plaza, and Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road on the Tseung Kwan O side.
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel is currently managed by Greater Lucky (H.K.) Company Limited.