Route 5

Route 5
Length:	17.9km
Formed:	1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge)
From:	Ngau Tau Kok
Major junctions:	29; Route 7 at Kgau Tau Kok and Lai King, Route 2 at Kwun Tong, Route 1 at Hung Hom, Route 9 at Tsuen Wan
To:	Tsuen Wan
Major cities:	Hong Kong
System:	Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a route artery in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, linking Route 9.

Part one of the road begins in the east from Kowloon Bay westwards via central Kowloon to Yau Ma Tei.

From Yau Ma Tei the road heads north to Tsuen Wan and meets with Route 9 (Hong Kong).

Areas passing through by Route 5 includes:

• Ngau Tau Kok
• Kowloon Bay
• Hung Hom
• Yau Ma Tei
• Lai Chi Kok
• Kwai Chung
• Tsuen Wan

Roads that are part of it:

• Kwun Tong Road
• Kai Fuk Road
• Airport Tunnel
• East Kowloon Corridor
• Chatham Road North
• Gascoigne Road Flyover
• Ferry Street Flyover
• Tong Mi Road and Flyover
• Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover
• West Kowloon Corridor
• Lai Chi Kok Road
• Kwai Chung Road
• Tsuen Wan Road

There are plans to expand the route to a highspeed roadway to ease congestion within Kowloon to outlying areas in the New Territories and alternate to Route 7 (Hong Kong).

Observed roads and exits

References

• Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong

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See also

• Tsuen Wan Road