Scenic Hill Tunnel () is a road tunnel located on the

Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing and the longest Intercontinent ...

, in Scenic Hill,

Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...

Lantau Island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the ...

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 ...

. The west exit of the tunnel is near the Ngong Ping 360 Airport Island Angle Station and the fuel storage centre. It runs through Scenic Hill and along the current Airport Road and under the

MTR The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...

Airport Express lines, and passes through the new reclamation areas, connecting the Hong Kong road sections and the

port.

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The plan for the tunnel started in 2011 and began construction on 31 May 2012. The cost of the tunnel was 88.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. The contractor for the tunnel was

China State Construction Engineering The China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC; ) is a Chinese state-owned construction company headquartered in Beijing. It is the largest construction company in the world by revenue and the 8th largest general contractor in terms ...

. The tunnel was opened on 24 October 2018, along with the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. It is the only tunnel in Hong Kong that drives on the right, and is also the widest tunnel with the most lanes in Hong Kong, having seven lanes (three eastbound and four southbound). Although using the Scenic View Tunnel is not charged, its charge is included in the toll fees by using the bridge.

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