It begins at Fu Tung Road near Tung Chung Station in the west, and runs parallel against the North Lantau Highway, and passes near Pak Mong, Siu Ho Wan and the northern exit of the Discovery Bay Tunnel, before reaching Sunny Bay Road at Yam O, near Sunny Bay Station.

The Tung Chung Line, which runs parallel to the road, opened on 22 June 1998.

[4] During this time, the road only stretched from Siu Ho Wan to Tung Chung.

The Discovery Bay Tunnel came into service on 27 May 2000, at the end of Cheung Tung Road.

[5] Two buses connected Discovery Bay to Tung Chung and Hong Kong International Airport without intermediate stops.

[9] Due to the nature of Cheung Tung Road, being narrow and having no pedestrian or bike paths, and also carrying the only water pipes towards the Airport and Tung Chung,[10] many incidents have happened on this road over the years of its operation.

[17] The pressurized water pipe on Cheung Tung Road has a diameter of 1200 mm and has been operating starting before 1998.

[20] Relief was dispatched to all areas of Tung Chung, and the services at North Lantau Hospital was not affected.