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{{short description|Road in Hong Kong}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox road
|country=HKG
|type=Route
|route=9
|name=Tolo Highway
|alternate_name=Part of [[Route 9 (Hong Kong)|Route 9]]
|maint=[[Highways Department]]
|photo=Tolo Highway Aerial View 201707.jpg
|photo_notes= Aerial view of Tolo Highway at [[Tai Po Kau]]
|map=
|map_ntoes=
|length_km=11.3
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|length_notes=
|established=1987
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=East
|terminus_a= [[Sha Tin]] (near [[Ma Liu Shui]])
|junction= 8 in total;<br />[[Image:HK Route2.svg|22px]] [[Route 2 (Hong Kong)|Route 2]] at [[Ma Liu Shui]]
|direction_b=West
|terminus_b= [[Tai Po]] ([[Tai Hang (Tai Po)|Tai Hang San Wai]])
|cities=
}}
[[File:Tolo Highway June 2013.jpg|thumb|250px|Tolo Highway]]
'''Tolo Highway''' ({{zh|c=吐露港公路|cy=tou3 lou6 gong2 gung1 lou6}}) is a major [[Controlled-access highway|expressway]] on [[Route 9 (Hong Kong)|Route 9]] in Hong Kong. It connects the [[New towns of Hong Kong|new towns]] of [[Sha Tin New Town|Sha Tin]] and [[Tai Po New Town|Tai Po]] in the eastern [[New Territories]], forming part of the [[New Territories Circular Road]].

The {{convert|11.3|km|mi|adj=on}} highway, constructed in three stages between 1985 and 1987, was so named as it skirts the western edge of [[Tolo Harbour]].

==Route description==
The [[highway]] diverges from [[Tai Po Road]] near [[Sha Tin Racecourse]]. The following {{convert|7.3|km|mi}} of the road, running alongside the [[East Rail line]], was built on an embankment on the west coast of [[Tolo Harbour]] towards Yuen Chau Tsai ([[Island House (Hong Kong)|Island House]]), which marks the eastern end of the [[Tai Po New Town]]. Construction began in March 1999 to expand the section to a dual four-lane [[carriageway]] and was finished in August 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/road_and_railway/road_projects/6561th/index.htm|title=Widening of Tolo Highway between Island House Interchange and Ma Liu Shui Interchange|publisher=[[Highways Department]]|accessdate=2 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710210405/http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/road_and_railway/road_projects/6561th/index.htm|archivedate=10 July 2012}}</ref> The section below the campus of the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]] has since become landlocked owing to the reclamation for the [[Hong Kong Science Park]].

The next section, {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} long, bypasses Tai Po on the hills to its south, over [[Wun Yiu]], [[Ma Wo]] and [[Pun Chun Yuen]]. As the alignment crosses a number of remote ravines far away from existing roads, four bridges along the bypass had to be [[Incremental launch|incrementally launched]]. This was the first instance of such bridge building technique being adopted in Hong Kong.<ref name="booklet">{{cite book |date=1985|title=The New Territories Trunk Road (Sha Tin to Fanling Section)|location=Hong Kong|publisher=The Government Printer}}</ref> Originally a dual 3-lane carriageway, this section was upgraded to a dual four-lane carriageway between August 2009 and March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/road_and_railway/road_projects/6843th/|title=Widening of Tolo Highway/Fanling Highway between Island House Interchange and Tai Hang|publisher=[[Highways Department]]|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> The speed limit for the section was temporarily reduced to {{cvt|80|km/h|abbr=on}} from {{cvt|100|km/h|abbr=on}} during the widening works.

The road ends at [[Lam Kam Road Interchange]], where it connects to [[Fanling Highway]] via a viaduct and interchanges with [[Lam Kam Road]], [[Tai Po Road]] and [[Tai Wo Service Road West]].

==Interchanges and Junctions==
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There are 6 junctions along Tolo Highway: Sha Tin Racecourse, Ma Liu Shui, Science Park, Island House, Tat Wan Road and Tai Po Tai Wo Road.

{| class="plainrowheaders wikitable"
|+ [[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] Tolo Highway
|-
!scope=col|District
!scope=col|Location
!scope=col|km<ref>{{cite web|url=http://map.project-osrm.org|title=Open Source Routing Machine|accessdate=29 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com|title=Google Maps Street View|publisher=[[Google]]|accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref>
!scope=col|Interchange name
!scope=col|Exit
!scope=col|Destinations<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.td.gov.hk/mini_site/hksrens/2008/EN/RouteMapL-R9.htm|title=Route Diagram - Route 9|publisher=Transport Department of the [[Government of Hong Kong]]|accessdate=10 January 2014}}</ref>
!scope=col|Notes
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Sha Tin District|Sha Tin]]
|rowspan=2|[[Fo Tan]]
|style="text-align:right"|8.9
|
|style="text-align:center"|
|[[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] [[Tai Po Road|Tai Po Road – Sha Tin]]&nbsp;– [[Sha Tin]], [[Kowloon]]
|Southern terminus; {{jct|country=HKG|route|9}} continues
|-
|style="text-align:right"|8.9
|
|style="text-align:center"|3
|[[Sha Tin Racecourse]]
|Northbound exit and southbound entrance from and to [[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] [[Tai Po Road|Tai Po Road – Sha Tin]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ma Liu Shui]]
|style="text-align:right"|10.1
|rowspan=2|Ma Liu Shui Interchange
|style="text-align:center"|3A
|{{jct|country=HKG|route|2}} ([[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] [[Tate's Cairn Highway]])&nbsp;– [[Ma On Shan (town)|Ma On Shan]], [[East Kowloon|Kowloon East]]
|Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
|-
|style="text-align:right"|10.1
|style="text-align:center"|4
|Chak Cheung Street&nbsp;/ Science Park Road&nbsp;– [[Ma Liu Shui]], [[Chinese University of Hong Kong|University]], [[Hong Kong Science Park|Science Park]]
|Southbound entrance from Sui Cheung Street
|-
|rowspan=6|[[Tai Po District|Tai Po]]
|[[Pak Shek Kok]]
|style="text-align:right"|13.4
|
|style="background:#ffdddd; text-align:center"|4A
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|Chong San Road&nbsp;– [[Pak Shek Kok]], [[Hong Kong Science Park|Science Park]]
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|No northbound exit
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Tai Po]]
|style="text-align:right"|16.0
|Island House Interchange
|style="text-align:center"|5
|[[Tai Po Road|Tai Po Road – Yuen Chau Tsai]]&nbsp;– [[Tai Po Market]]<br />[[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] Yuen Shin Road&nbsp;– [[Tai Po Central]], [[Tai Po Industrial Estate|Industrial Estate]]
|
|-
|style="text-align:right"|17.0
|
|style="text-align:center; background:#ffdddd;"|5A
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|Tat Wan Road&nbsp;– Tai Po (South)
|style="background:#ffdddd;"|Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
|-
|[[Tai Wo]]
|style="text-align:right"|19.5
|Tai Po North Interchange
|style="text-align:center"|6
|[[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] Tai Po Tai Wo Road&nbsp;– [[Tai Po|Tai Po (North)]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Tai Hang (Tai Po)|Tai Hang]]
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:right"|20.2
|rowspan=2|Lam Kam Road Interchange
|style="text-align:center"|7
|[[Lam Kam Road]]&nbsp;/ Tai Wo Service Road West&nbsp;– [[Shek Kong]], [[Hong Lok Yuen]]
|
|-
|style="text-align:center"|
|[[File:Hong Kong road sign (Expressway Begins).svg|16px]] [[Fanling Highway]]&nbsp;– [[Fanling]], [[Sheung Shui]], [[Yuen Long]]
|Northern terminus; {{jct|country=HKG|route|9|nolink=yes}} continues
{{jctbtm|col=7|keys=incomplete}}

==See also==
* [[List of streets and roads in Hong Kong#Expressways|List of expressways in Hong Kong]]
* [[Route 9 (Hong Kong)]]
* [[Tolo Harbour]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tolo Highway}}
* {{OSM relation}}

{{HK routes|r9;}}
{{sequence
|prev=[[Tai Po Road|Tai Po Road – Sha Tin]]
|list=[[Route 9 (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong Route 9]]<br>[[Image:HK Route9.svg|x20px]]<br>Tolo Highway
|next=[[Fanling Highway]]
}}

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[[Category:Expressways in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Route 9 (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Sha Tin]]
[[Category:Fo Tan]]
[[Category:Pak Shek Kok]]
[[Category:Tai Po]]