Route 3 ( zh, t=三號幹綫) is a series of expressways in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

that runs from

Sai Ying Pun Sai Ying Pun is an area in Sai Wan, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' ( zh, t=西, labels=no) means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' ( zh, t=營盤, l ...

on Hong Kong Island to

Yuen Long Yuen Long is a town in the western New Territories, Hong Kong. To its west lie Hung Shui Kiu (), Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Ha Tsuen, to the south Shap Pat Heung and Tai Tong, to the east Au Tau and Kam Tin (), and to the north Nam Sang Wa ...

in the New Territories, linking West Kowloon, Kwai Chung and

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi (), sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the New Territories of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has been extended drastically by reclamation alo ...

. It was built as part of the Airport Core Programme to provide access to Hong Kong International Airport from the city, and to relieve congestion in the

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

. The Western Harbour Crossing and Tai Lam Tunnel that form part of the route are tollways.

Route description

The route originates at the junction with Route 4 at Connaught Road in Sai Ying Pun, and immediately crosses the

Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...

through the tolled Western Harbour Crossing. From then on it heads northwest on a viaduct along the West Kowloon Highway, above the

Tung Chung line The Tung Chung line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong. It was built in the 1990s as part of the Airport Railway project, part of the construction of the new ...

and Airport Express tracks. This section has three exits that connects with Route 8, Route 7 and Route 5 respectively. It then enters the Tsing Kwai Highway in Lai Chi Kok and continues west to

Island on Rambler Channel Bridge. Once it reaches the island, the Cheung Tsing Tunnel immediately follows. At the other end of the tunnel, Route 3 enters the Tsing Yi Northwestern Interchange and meet with Route 8 again. The interchange is a gateway to Lantau Island and Chek Lap Kok Airport. Route 3 then makes a sharp turn and travels north on Ting Kau Bridge and quickly enters the tolled Tai Lam Tunnel. From there, the remainder of the route is dubbed the Country Park Section which runs all the way to Kam Tin along the Tsing Long Highway, and joins Route 9 near Pok Oi Hospital. The route is made up of the following roads: * Western Harbour Crossing * West Kowloon Highway * Tsing Kwai Highway * Cheung Tsing Bridge and Cheung Tsing Tunnel (within Tsing Ma Control Area) * Cheung Tsing Highway (within Tsing Ma Control Area) * Ting Kau Bridge (within Tsing Ma Control Area) * Tai Lam Tunnel * Tsing Long Highway

Exits and interchanges

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, rowspan="3" , Western Harbour Crossing , rowspan="2" style="text-align: right;", 0.0 , rowspan="2" style="text-align: right;", 0.0 , style="text-align: center;" , 1A , , rowspan="2" , Joins Route 4 , - , 1B , , - , colspan="2" ,

, style="text-align: right;", 0.2–2.2 , style="text-align: right;", 0.1–1.4 , colspan="3" style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align: center;" , Western Harbour Tunnel (tolled) , - , rowspan="2" ,

Yau Tsim Mong Yau Tsim Mong District is one of Districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all distr ...

, West Kowloon , rowspan="3" , West Kowloon Highway , style="text-align: right;", 2.4 , style="text-align: right;", 1.5 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , — , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Jordan Road , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Unnumbered northbound exit only , - , Yau Ma Tei , style="text-align: right;", 3.0 , style="text-align: right;", 1.9 , style="text-align: center;" , 2 , Lai Cheung Road – Mong Kok,

Tai Kok Tsui Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong District, Yau Tsim Mong district in the Kowloon region of Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area. The Cosmopolitan Dock and oil depots we ...

, Sha Tin, High Speed Railway Station, Airport Express Station, Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei , , - , rowspan="3" , Sham Shui Po , Lai Wan , style="text-align: right;", 6.2 , style="text-align: right;", 3.9 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 3 , style="background:#ffdddd;" , , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Southbound motorists must use exit 4 for Sha Tin and Lantau , - , rowspan="2" , Mei Foo , rowspan="5" , Tsing Kwai Highway , style="text-align: right;", 7.7 , style="text-align: right;", 4.8 , style="text-align: center;" , 4 , Mei Ching Road (Mei Foo Interchange) –

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1-8, Lai King and Sha Tin , Southbound motorists use roundabout for Sha Tin and Lantau , - , style="text-align: right;", 8.3 , style="text-align: right;", 5.2 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 4A , style="background:#ffdddd;" , , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Southbound exit and northbound entrance only , - , rowspan="9" , Kwai Tsing , Lai King , style="text-align: right;", 9.3 , style="text-align: right;", 5.8 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 4B , style="background:#ffdddd;" , , rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" , Northbound exit and southbound entrance only , - , Kwai Chung , style="text-align: right;", 10.0 , style="text-align: right;", 6.2 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 4C , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Kwai Tsing Road –

(South) , - , Rambler Channel , style="text-align: right;", 11.0–11.4 , style="text-align: right;", 6.8–7.1 , colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" , Cheung Tsing Bridge , - , rowspan="6" ,

, rowspan="3" , Cheung Tsing Highway , style="text-align: right;", 11.4–13.0 , style="text-align: right;", 7.1–8.1 , colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" , Cheung Tsing Tunnel , - , style="text-align: right;", 14.0 , style="text-align: right;", 8.7 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 4D , style="background:#ffdddd;" , , rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" , Southbound exit and northbound entrance only , - , style="text-align: right;", 14.1 , style="text-align: right;", 8.8 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 4E , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Tsing Yi Road West –

, Tsuen Wan and Airport Express Station , - , rowspan="2" , North West Tsing Yi Interchange , style="text-align: right;", 14.7 , style="text-align: right;", 9.1 , style="text-align: center;" , 5 , , , - , style="text-align: right;", 14.7 , style="text-align: right;", 9.1 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 5A , style="background:#ffdddd;" , View Point and Administration Building , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Southbound exit only, northbound exit and entrance; exit for Tsing Yi North Coastal Road , - , rowspan="5" , Tsing Long Highway , style="text-align: right;", 15.2–16.5 , style="text-align: right;", 9.4–10.3 , colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" , Ting Kau Bridge , - , Tsuen Wan , Ting Kau , style="text-align: right;", 16.8 , style="text-align: right;", 10.4 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 6 , style="background:#ffdddd;" , , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Northbound interchange clockwise, southbound interchange anticlockwise only , - , colspan="2" , Tai Lam , style="text-align: right;", 17.7–21.5 , style="text-align: right;", 11.0–13.4 , colspan="3" style="background:#dcdcfe; text-align: center;" , Tai Lam Tunnel (tolled) , - , rowspan="3" ,

, Pat Heung , style="text-align: right;", 23.0 , style="text-align: right;", 14.3 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 6A , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Pat Heung Road – Pat Heung , rowspan="2" style="background:#ffdddd;" , Northbound exit and southbound entrance only , - , Kam Tin , style="text-align: right;", 25.0 , style="text-align: right;", 15.5 , style="background:#ffdddd;" style="text-align: center;" , 6B , style="background:#ffdddd;" , Kam Tin Road – Kam Tin and Au Tau , - , Au Tau , Au Tau Interchange , style="text-align: right;", 27.2 , style="text-align: right;", 16.9 , , , Joins Route 9

References

{{HK routes, routes;r3; Routes in Hong Kong