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{{Short description|Road linking western and central Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox road
|country=HKG
|type=Route
|route=8
|name=Lantau Link
|alternate_name=Part of [[Route 8 (Hong Kong)|Route 8]]
|maint=
|map=
|map_ntoes=
|length_km=4.0
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|length_notes=
|established=27 April 1997
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=East
|terminus_a= [[Tsing Yi]]
|junction= 3;<br/>[[Image:HK Route3.svg|22px]] [[Route 3 (Hong Kong)|Route 3]] at [[Tsing Yi]]
|direction_b=West
|terminus_b= [[Lantau Island|Lantau]] (near [[Tsing Chau Tsai]])
|cities=
}}
{{Chinese|t=青嶼幹線|s=青屿干线|p=Qīngyǔ Gànxiàn| y=ching1 yu4 gon3 sin3}}
[[File:HongKongAirportExpwyTollGate.jpg|thumb|260px|Lantau Link toll plaza at [[Tsing Chau Tsai]], on [[Lantau Island]].]]
[[File:Hong Kong Bay.jpg|thumb|260px|The Lantau Link crossing the island of [[Ma Wan]]. From left to right: [[Tsing Ma Bridge]], [[Ma Wan Viaduct]] (on the island) and [[Kap Shui Mun Bridge]].]]
The '''Lantau Link''', formerly known as the '''Lantau Fixed Crossing''',<ref name="govt">[http://www.info.gov.hk/archive/napco/p-llink.html Government information about the Lantau Link]</ref> is a [[fixed link|roadway]] in Hong Kong forming part of [[Route 8 (Hong Kong)|Route 8]] linking [[Lantau Island]] to [[Tsing Yi]], from which other roads lead to the urban areas of [[Kowloon]] and the rest of the [[New Territories]]. It is part of the [[Airport Core Programme]] centred on the new [[Hong Kong International Airport]] on Lantau. The link was officially opened on 27 April 1997, and it opened to traffic on 22 May the same year.<ref name="govt"/>

==Infrastructure==
The Lantau Link is {{convert|3.5|km|mi}} long and consists of:
* the [[Tsing Ma Bridge]], a [[suspension bridge]] linking [[Tsing Yi]] to [[Ma Wan]] island
* the [[Ma Wan Viaduct]], a [[viaduct]] crossing Ma Wan
* the [[Kap Shui Mun Bridge]], a [[cable-stayed bridge]] linking Ma Wan to [[Lantau Island]]

The link is split into two traffic levels; the upper level is an open, 3-lane [[divided highway]], while the lower level is a [[double-track railway]] line used by the [[MTR]] [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] and [[Tung Chung line]] and also contains two single-lane roads for emergency use in both directions. The speed limit is {{convert|80|km/h|mph}} on the upper level and {{convert|50|km/h|mph}} on the lower level. The lower level is generally used only in special circumstances such as strong wind or serious accidents which could lead to the closure of the upper level. The lower level is not connected to Ma Wan.

The Lantau Link is one of the two land passageways connecting Lantau and other parts of Hong Kong; [[Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link]] via [[Tuen Mun]] opened on 27 December 2020 as the second land connection, reducing the traffic pressure on Lantau Link.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202012/21/P2020121800402.htm|title=Tolls of Lantau Link to be waived from 0.00am on December 27|newspaper=Hong Kong Government|date=21 December 2020|access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref>

Near the Tsing Yi end of the Lantau Link is the [[Cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed]] [[Ting Kau Bridge]], and the [[Cheung Tsing Tunnel|Cheung Tsing]] and [[Nam Wan Tunnel|Nam Wan]] tunnels, the latter of which leads to the [[Stonecutters Bridge]]. Tsing Yi is also home to the [[Lantau Link Visitors Centre]], a museum and viewing platform for the Lantau Link.<ref name="am730November2023">{{Cite web |author1=羅庸軒 |date=24 November 2023 |title=am專訪｜青嶼幹線觀景台活化正收集建議 葵青DO鄧顯權：公眾參與最重要 冀善用潛力搞旺設施 |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0/am%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA-%E9%9D%92%E5%B6%BC%E5%B9%B9%E7%B7%9A%E8%A7%80%E6%99%AF%E5%8F%B0%E6%B4%BB%E5%8C%96%E6%AD%A3%E6%94%B6%E9%9B%86%E5%BB%BA%E8%AD%B0-%E8%91%B5%E9%9D%92do%E9%84%A7%E9%A1%AF%E6%AC%8A-%E5%85%AC%E7%9C%BE%E5%8F%83%E8%88%87%E6%9C%80%E9%87%8D%E8%A6%81-%E5%86%80%E5%96%84%E7%94%A8%E6%BD%9B%E5%8A%9B%E6%90%9E%E6%97%BA%E8%A8%AD%E6%96%BD/413176 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=[[am730]] |language=zh}}</ref>

==Interchanges==
{{RJL|date=November 2021}}
{| border=1 cellpadding=2 style="margin-left:1em; margin-bottom: 1em; color: black; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" class="wikitable"
|- align="center" bgcolor="006a4d" style="color: white;font-size:120%;"
| colspan="3" | '''Lantau Link''' [[Image:HK Route8.svg|20px]]
|- align="center" style="background:#000000; color:white;"
| width="250px"|Inbound exits
| width="50px"|Exit number
| width="250px"|Lantau-bound exits
|- align="center"
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''End '''Lantau Link'''''<br>continues as [[Tsing Sha Highway]] [[File:HK Route8.svg|13px|link=Route 8 (Hong Kong)]]
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | -
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''Start '''Lantau Link'''''
|- align="center"
| '''[[Cheung Tsing Highway]]''' [[File:HK Route3.svg|13px|link=Route 3 (Hong Kong)]]<br>[[Kwai Tsing Container Terminals|Container Terminals 1-7]], [[Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong Island|Hong Kong]]
| 4A
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''no exit''
|- align="center"
| '''[[Tsing Long Highway]]''' [[File:HK Route3.svg|13px|link=Route 3 (Hong Kong)]]<br>[[Yuen Long]], [[Tuen Mun]]
| 4B
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''no exit''
|- align="center"
| colspan="3"|'''[[Tsing Ma Bridge]]'''
|- align="center"
| colspan="3"|'''[[Ma Wan Viaduct]]'''
|- align="center"
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''no exit''
| 4C
| '''Ma Wan Road'''<br>[[Ma Wan]]<br>''enter by permit only''
|- align="center"
| colspan="3"|'''[[Kap Shui Mun Bridge]]'''
|- align="center"
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''Start '''Lantau Link'''''
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | -
| style="background: #ececec; color: grey;" class="table-na" | ''End '''Lantau Link'''''<br/>continues as [[North Lantau Highway]] [[Image:HK Route8.svg|13px]] 
|}

==See also==
* [[Route 8 (Hong Kong)]]
* [[Tsing Ma Control Area]]
* [[Transport in Hong Kong]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lantau Link}}
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=22.35336,114.082471&daddr=%E9%9D%92%E5%B6%BC%E5%B9%B9%E7%B7%9A+%4022.339280,+114.043260&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=17&mra=dme&sll=22.352745,114.079961&sspn=0.004068,0.007296&ie=UTF8&ll=22.34631,114.06285&spn=0.032548,0.058365&z=14&om=1 Google Maps of Lantau Link]

{{HK routes|r8;}}
{{sequence
|prev=[[Tsing Sha Highway]]
|list=[[Route 8 (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong Route 8]]<br>[[Image:HK Route8.svg|x20px]]<br>Lantau Link
|next=[[North Lantau Highway]]
}}

[[Category:Expressways in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Route 8 (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Lantau Island]]
[[Category:Tsing Yi]]
[[Category:Ma Wan]]
[[Category:Extra areas operated by NT taxis]]