Tolo Highway

Tolo Highway

Tolo Highway (zh-cpcy|c=吐露港公路|p=Tùlùgǎng Gōnglù|cy=tou3 lou6 gong2 gung1 lou6) is a major expressway on Route 9 in Hong Kong. It connects the new towns of Sha Tin and Tai Po in the eastern New Territories.

The road leads off Tai Po Road near Sha Tin Racecourse. The following 7.3 kilometres (4.5 miles) of the road runs on an embankment on the west coast of Tolo Harbour towards Yuen Chau Tsai (Island House). This section is built alongside the HK-MTR lines|East Rail. It was upgraded to a dual four-lane carriageway in 2003.

The next section, 5 km (3.1 miles) long, bypasses Tai Po on the hills to its south. This section remains a dual 3-lane carriageway original configuration and terminates at Lam Kam Interchange where it leads to the Fanling Highway and interchanges with Lam Kam Road, Tai Po Road and Tai Wo West Service Road.

There are 5 junctions along Tolo Highway: Lam Kam Interchange, Tai Po Tai Wo Road, Tat Wan Road, Island House and Ma Liu Shui.

ee also

*List of expressways in Hong Kong
*Route 9 (Hong Kong)
*Tolo Harbour

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=22.400882,114.20339&daddr=%E5%90%90%E9%9C%B2%E6%B8%AF%E5%85%AC%E8%B7%AF+%4022.457520,+114.148740&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=18&mra=dme&sll=22.40043,114.203348&sspn=0.002033,0.003648&ie=UTF8&ll=22.429225,114.18117&spn=0.065057,0.11673&z=13&om=1 Google Maps of Tolo Highway]


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