Here is a partial list of expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Roads in Hong Kong conform to the contours of the hill landscape of Hong Kong. Roads on the north side of Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon have a grid like pattern. The roads and highways are design to British standards. Highways conform to British Motorways.
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Routes
Hong Kong's Transport Department is responsible for maintenance and control of highways and roadways.
In 2004, a new strategic route marking system was put in place, with most existing routes renumbered and exits to key places or to another route also numbered. (For example, a journey from Yau Ma Tei to the airport uses Route 3, taking Exit 5 to join Route 8. It is therefore identified as "3-5-8".) Routes 1 to 3 are cross-harbour north-south routes following the order in which the harbour tunnels were opened. Routes 4, 5, 7 and 8 run east-west, numbered from south to north. Route 9 circumscribes the New Territories. Route 10 runs from western New Territories from Route 9 and bends northward towards and passes the border to Shenzhen.
The new system has caused some confusion to drivers used to relying on destination signs.
- Route 1: Aberdeen - Wong Chuk Hang - Aberdeen Tunnel - Causeway Bay - Cross-Harbour Tunnel - Kowloon Tong - Lion Rock Tunnel - Sha Tin (to join Route 9)
- Route 2: Quarry Bay - Eastern Cross-Harbour Tunnel - Kwun Tong Bypass - Tate's Cairn Tunnel - Ma Liu Shui (to join Route 9)
- Route 3: Sai Ying Pun - Western Cross-Harbour Tunnel - West Kowloon Highway - Kwai Chung - Tsing Yi - Cheung Tsing Tunnel - Ting Kau Bridge - Tai Lam Tunnel - Yuen Long (to join Route 9)
- Route 4: Chai Wan - Island Eastern Corridor - Quarry Bay - Causeway Bay - Wan Chai - Central - Sheung Wan - Sai Ying Pun - Kennedy Town
- Route 5: Ngau Tau Kok - Kowloon Bay - Airport Tunnel - Hung Hom - Yau Ma Tei - Lai Chi Kok - Kwai Chung - Tsuen Wan (to join Route 9)
- Route 6: Reserved for future route. Proposed Central Kowloon Route - Proposed Southeast Kowloon T2 Route - Proposed Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel
- Route 7: Tseung Kwan O - Tseung Kwan O Tunnel - Kwun Tong - Wong Tai Sin - Sham Shui Po - Lai Chi Kok - Kwai Chung (to join Route 5)
- Route 8: Chek Lap Kok (Airport) - Tsing Ma Bridge - Tsing Yi - Stonecutters Island - Lai Chi Kok - Sha Tin to join Route 9.
- Route 9: Shing Mun Tunnel - Tai Wai - Sha Tin - Ma Liu Shui - Tai Po - Fanling - Sheung Shui - San Tin - Yuen Long - - Tuen Mun - Sham Tseng - Tsuen Wan
- Route 10: Lam Tei - Shekou, Shenzhen
Expressways
There is approximately 175 kilometres of expressways in Hong Kong:
- Cheung Tsing Highway
- Fanling Highway
- Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor
- Island Eastern Corridor
- Kwun Tong Bypass
- Lantau Link
- North Lantau Highway
- Penny's Bay Highway
- San Tin Highway
- Sha Lek Highway
- Sha Tin Road
- Sha Tin Wai Road
- Tai Po Road - Sha Tin
- Tate's Cairn Highway
- Tolo Highway
- Tsing Kwai Highway
- Tsing Long Highway
- Tsuen Wan Road
- Tuen Mun Road
- West Kowloon Corridor
- West Kowloon Highway
- Yuen Long Highway
Tunnels
Tunnels are a critical part of Hong Kong's transport infrastructure, given its mountainous and island topography. The first tunnel linked Kowloon with the new towns in the New Territories. Then the first cross-harbour tunnel to Hong Kong Island reduced reliance on ferries. Further construction facilitated traffic flow to the south of Hong Kong island and other parts of the New Territories. Later, as usage increased, additional tunnels became necessary in parallel with existing structures.
- Lion Rock Tunnel (1967)
- Cross Harbour Tunnel (1972)
- Second Lion Rock Tunnel (1978)
- Aberdeen Tunnel (1982, 1983)
- Kai Tak Tunnel (1982)
- Eastern Harbour Crossing (1990)
- Shing Mun Tunnel (1990)
- Tseung Kwan O Tunnel (1990)
- Tate's Cairn Tunnel (1991)
- Western Harbour Crossing (1997)
- Cheung Tsing Tunnel (1997)
- Tai Lam Tunnel (1998)
- Discovery Bay Tunnel (2000)
- Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel (2008)
Bridges
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- Tsing Ma Bridge (shared with MTR Tung Chung Line/Airport Express)
- Ma Wan Viaduct (shared with MTR Tung Chung Line/Airport Express)
- Kap Shui Mun Bridge (shared with MTR Tung Chung Line/Airport Express)
- Ting Kau Bridge
- Tsing Yi Bridge
- Tsing Tsuen Bridge (Tsing Yi North Bridge)
- Stonecutters Bridge (Under construction)
Flyovers
- Canal Road Flyover
- Connaught Road West Flyover
- Tsing Fung Street Flyover
Viaducts
- Kowloon Bay - Lam Tin Viaduct (MTR Kwun Tong Line)
- Lai King - Kwai Hing Viaduct (MTR Tsuen Wan Line)
- Heng Fa Chuen - Chai Wan Viaduct (MTR Island Line)
- Tsing Yi - Lai King Viaduct (MTR Tung Chung Line & MTR Airport Express)
- Kam Sheung Road - Tuen Mun Viaduct (West Rail Line)
- Sheung Shui - Lok Ma Chau Viaduct (East Rail Line)
Roads, avenues, streets, bazaars, squares, crescents
Hong Kong Island
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Kowloon and New Kowloon
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New Territories
Lantau
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Cheung Chau
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Bus priority
The Transport Department has designated about 22 km of road length as exclusive "bus lanes", out of approximately 2,000 km of accessible roads.
Monitoring major roads
The traffic CAM online provides nearly real-time road conditions for all the major road users, as well as the authority to monitor the traffic. The live webcast provides the real-time road conditions for concerned party for planning before driving.
There are about 115 closed circuit cameras located on the routes to provide monitoring of traffic flow. Congestion is heaviest in Kowloon and along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, where most cameras are located.
Here are select locations around Hong Kong:
- Cross Harbour Tunnel Hong Kong exit
- Aberdeen Tunnel Wanchai entrance
- Cross Harbour Tunnel Kowloon entrance
- Kwai Tsing Interchange
- Tsuen Wan End Road
- Tuen Mun End Road
See also
External links
- Snapshot of Traffic Condition
- Live webcast of Traffic Condition
- Highways Department
- Strategic Route Numbering System
- Road Traffic Information Service - Offering live videos and images of current traffic conditions in Hong Kong.
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