The area around the entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in the 1970's.

The Cross-Harbour Tunnel (香港海底隧道), or "XHT" in short, is the first An underground pedestrian tunnel between buildings at MIT. Note the utility pipes running along the ceiling. A tunnel is an underground passage. When designed for use by traffic, it may be called an underpass. It may be for pedestrians and/or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only... tunnel in Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the Peoples Republic of China. (The other one is Macau.) Administratively, the name Hong Kong... Hong Kong that was built under water.

Opened in 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. Events January January 2 - the Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the... 1972, the Cross Harbour Tunnel provided a road link between In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍, Mandarin: Jiulong, lit. nine dragons) refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tates Cairn... Kowloon and Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. It is the historical, political and economic centre of Hong Kong. Victoria Harbour is the harbour in Hong Kong where the ships used to... Hong Kong Island making it possible to drive directly to and from the island. With the tunnel linking the main financial districts on both sides of Victoria Harbour is the harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. Area: 41.88 km². Victoria Harbour The Hong Kong government has undertaken many reclamation projects in Victoria Harbour over the past several decades. The latest proposed reclamation extends along the waterfront from Sheung Wan to Causeway Bay. Background After... Victoria Harbour it became the busiest route in Hong Kong with 121,700 (as at March 2005) vehicles using it daily. Until August 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999 it was administered by the Cross Harbour Tunnel Company before reverting back to government control.

See also

• The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1.5 mile-long tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey with New York City. Construction was begun on the first tube in 1934, and it opened to traffic in 1937. Additional tubes were added in 1945 and 1957. The three tubes carry... Lincoln Tunnel