| Route 5 | |
| Length: | 17.9km |
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| Formed: | 1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge) |
| From: | Ngau Tau Kok |
| Major junctions: |
29; |
| 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:
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
| Westbound towards Tsuen Wan | Eastbound towards Ngau Tau Kok | ||
| Exit | Destination | Exit | Destination |
| Ngau Tau Kok (intersection with Route 7) | |||
| Kai Fuk Road | |||
| 1A | Wai Yip Street
Kwun Tong Industrial Area |
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| 1B | Kwun Tong Bypass
Route 2 southbound towards Quarry Bay |
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| 1C | Wang Kwong Road | ||
| 2 | Kai Cheung Road
Kowloon Bay |
2 | Kai Cheung Road
Kowloon Bay |
| Kai Tak Tunnel | |||
| 2A | Sung Wong Toi Road | ||
| East Kowloon Corridor | |||
| 3 | San Shan Road | 3 | San Shan Road
To Kwa Wan |
| 3A | Ma Tau Wai Road | ||
| 4 | Yan Fung Street | 4 | Ping Chi Street
Ho Man Tin |
| 5 | Gillies Avenue South | 5 | Wuhu Street
Hung Hom |
| 6 | Hong Chong Road
Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel |
6 | Hong Chong Road
Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel |
| 6A | Chatham Road SouthTsim Sha Tsui | ||
| 6B | Wylie Road
Ho Man Tin |
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| 6C | Jordan Road | ||
| 6D | Waterloo Road
Yau Ma Tei |
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| 6E | Ferry Street
Tsim Sha Tsui |
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| West Kowloon Corridor | |||
| 7A | Tong Mi Road | ||
| 7B | Waterloo Road
Yau Ma Tei |
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| 7C | Cherry StreetMong Kok | ||
| 8B | Lai Chi Kok Road | ||
| 8C | Cheung Sha Wan Road | ||
| Kwai Chung Road | |||
| 9 | Mei Lai Road | 9 | Mei Lai Road |
| 9A | Lai King Hill Road | ||
| 9B | Ching Cheung RoadRoute 7 eastbound to Tseung Kwan O ) | ||
| 9C | Container Port Road | ||
| 9D | West Kowloon Highway
Route 3 southbound to Sai Ying Pun |
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| Tsuen Wan Road | |||
| 10 | Kwai Tsing Road
Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung |
10 | Kwai Tsing Road
Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung |
| 11 | Tsing Yi | 11 | Tsing Yi |
| 11A | Texaco Road | ||
| 12 | Tai Chung Road | 12 | Tai Chung Road
Tsuen Wan |
| Tsuen Wan (intersection with Route 9) | |||
References
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