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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1988
CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER TO OPEN
OPENED
THE CHRUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER WILL BE ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 8) BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG.
TRAFFIC WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE FLYOVER FROM 2 PM THAT DAY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SAID THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER WILL SERVE AS A DISTRICT DISTRIBUTOR ROAD CONNECTING LAI CHI KOK AND SHAM SHUI PO AREAS WITH EAST KOWLOON.
IT 13 650 METRES LONG WITH TWO LANES FOR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC.
AT PRESENT, EASTBOUND VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON ROAD TO EAST KOWLOON HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THREE CONTROLLED JUNCTIONS.
CHEUNG SHA WAN TRAFFIC SIGNAL
SHA WAN
ROAD JUNCTION; JUNCTION; AND
THESE ARE THE ΤΑΙ PO ROAD-CHEUNG CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET-NATHAN ROAD BOUNDARY STREET-TUNG CHOI STREET JUNCTION.
WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW FLYOVER, MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO AVOID THE THREE BUSY JUNCTIONS BY USING THE FLYOVER AT CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD NEAR MAPLE STREET, REACHING GROUND LEVEL AT BOUNDARY STREET NEAR SAI YEE STREET.
APART FROM PROVIDING FREE TRAFFIC FLOW FROM SHAM SHUI PO TO EAST KOWLOON, THE FLYOVER WILL ALSO HELP RELIEVE CONGESTION AT THE THREE JUNCTIONS.
THE CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD-BOUNDARY STREET FLYOVER WAS DESIGNED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING ITS CONSTRUCTION BY THE PAUL Y. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
CONSTRUCTION BEGAN IN JULY 1985 AND WAS COMPLETED IN ABOUT 30 MONTHS AT A COST OF $26 MILLION.
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