North Lantau Highway
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| Part of Route 8 | |
North Lantau Highway coloured red
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| Maintained by Highways Department | |
| Length: | 12.8 km (8.0 mi) |
| Existed: | 1997 – present |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: | Chek Lap Kok |
| East end: | Lantau (near Yam O) |
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| Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System | |
| North Lantau Highway | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 北大嶼山公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 北大屿山公路 | ||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Běi Dàyǔshān Gōnglù |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | bet5 tai4 yi2 san1 gung1 lu4 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | bak1 daai6 yu4 saan1 gung1 lou6 |
North Lantau Highway (traditional Chinese: 北大嶼山公路; simplified Chinese: 北大屿山公路) is an expressway forming part of Hong Kong's Route 8, linking Hong Kong International Airport and Lantau Island with the rest of the territory. The road has three lanes in each direction for its entire length with full-width hard shoulders for emergencies and breakdowns. The speed limit is 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph), the highest of any road in Hong Kong.
North Lantau Highway is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) in length, beginning at Airport Road on Chek Lap Kok. The road then crosses onto Lantau Island and bypasses Tung Chung New Town. The road then travels along the northern coast of Lantau Island, next to the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line of the MTR. This section is built on reclaimed land and through various cuttings. Finally, the road climbs over Ta Shui Wan and Tsing Chau Wan to meet the Lantau Link and its bridges.
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