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Kong Sham Western Highway

Route 10

Kong Sham Western Highway
Part of Route 10
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length: 5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Existed: 2007 – present
Major junctions
North end: Tuen Mun (near Ngau Hom Shek)
  2 in total;
HK Route9.svg Route 9 at Lam Tei
South end: Tuen Mun (near Lam Tei)
Highway system
Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
Kong Sham Western Highway
Kong Sham Western Highway.jpg
A flyover of Kong Sham Western Highway crossing Castle Peak Road in Lam Tei.
Traditional Chinese
Deep Bay Link
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Route 10

Kong Sham Western Highway, formerly known as the Deep Bay Link is a highway in Hong Kong. It is 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) long and has three lanes in each direction. Its northern end is at Ngau Hom Shek, near Deep Bay, and its southern end is at Lam Tei, in Tuen Mun District. Together with the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor, it forms the Route 10 of the Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System and provides road access from Hong Kong to the mainland. The link itself consists of 108,000 m2 of deck space over 3,014 segments.

The road was built as initiative from the Crosslinks Further Study, which highlighted the need for another vehicular cross-border link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. At the date of the study (2001), there were three existing vehicular border crossings, located at Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok. At that time, these links were nearing saturation and were expected to reach their maximum handling capacity by 2006. As a result, the government of Hong Kong proposed the Shenzhen Western Corridor and Deep Bay Link as an additional vehicular border crossing to provide additional cross-border road infrastructure.

The Environmental Protection Department of the Government of Hong Kong carried out an environmental impact assessment, and found that the environmental impact of the Deep Bay Link and associated carriageways will not be significantly adverse. The assessment however noted that Deep Bay Link might cause localized environmental impact, further detailed in the Feasibility Study for Additional Cross-border Links. The Deep Bay Link was therefore given the necessary environmental permit from the department.


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