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Monday, July 31, 1972
CROSS-HARBOUR TUNNEL ROAD CONNECTIONS READY
The cross-harbour tunnel road connections on both sides of the harbour
have now been completed, after years of planning and construction, for the opening
of the tunnel this week.
The $37 million scheme is designed for smooth and easy traffic flow to
and from the tunnel portals.
The road connections network on Hong Kong Island consists of five
flyovers and five footbridges.
Traffic leaving the Wan Chai end of the tunnel will be dispersed in
three directions to Central via the new Waterfront Road, to North Point and
Shau Kei Wan via a left turn on to the eastern end of Waterfront Road, and to
Happy Valley by going up an elevated loop road leading to the Canal Road flyover,
Vehicles will also enter the tunnel in the same three directions
from Shau Kei Wan and North Point over the Tsing Fung Street flyover, from Central
by way of the Waterfront Road, and from Happy Valley through the Canal Road
flyover.
In Kowloon, the road connections network has two elevated roadways,
three flyovers and six subways, including vehicular bridges over the tracks to
the proposed Hung Hom Railway Terminal.
This network has been designed for maximum traffic flow to and from the
westwards towards Tsim Sha
Hung Hom end of the tunnel in three directions
Tsui by Chatham and Austin Roads and to Yau Ma Tei by Gascoigne Road, northwards
to Princess Margaret Road by two one-way parallel elevated roadways, and eastwards
to Chatham Road by two parallel flyovers and loop roads.
The tunnel