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Tuesday, November 6, 1973
LION ROCK INTERCHANGE PARTIALLY OPENED
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The Lion Rock Interchange at the junction of Waterloo Road and
Lung Cheung Road was partially opened to traffic today.
The $7.2 million interchange is the first of 11 new interchanges
along the Lung Cheung/Taipo/Ching Cheung Road Route to be brought into
operation.
It will be finished entirely by the middle of next month with the
Completion of the circular bridge structure on the south-eastern side of
the flyover,
Commenting on the partial opening of the Lion Rock Interchange,
a spokesman for the Public Works Department said that the traffic in the
area would be improved considerably, especially on weekends.
The Lion Rock Interchange, which has been designed and supervised
by Maunsell Consultants Asia, is part of a major road improvement scheme
between Kwun Tong and Kwai Chung along the Kowloon Foothills.
These interchanges have been designed to permit unimpeded traffic
flow along the route and to eliminate conflicting traffic movements at the
major intersections.
Release time: 7.00 p.m.