Route 1 (Hong Kong)

Route 1
Route 1 coloured red
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length:	20.7 km (12.9 mi) 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) South
Existed:	1966 (Princess Margaret Road) – present
Major junctions
South end:	Aberdeen Praya Road, Aberdeen
	Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay Chatham Road, Hung Hom Lung Cheung Road, Beacon Hill Sha Lek Highway, Sha Tin Wai
North end:	Tai Po Road, Fo Tan
Location
Districts:	Southern, Central and Western, Wan Chai, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin
Highway system
Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System ← Route 10 Route 2 →

Route 1 (Chinese: 一號幹線) is a major artery in Hong Kong that runs in a generally north-south direction, connecting Aberdeen with Shatin.

The route is heavily congested, notably on the Canal Road viaduct that links the Aberdeen Tunnel with the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Causeway Bay.^[1] Route 1 continues to serve as the most direct route from the north shore of Hong Kong Island to the Southern District. The road travels across the harbour and runs through the middle of Kowloon and continues heading north into the New Territories.

History

Route 1 was established in January 2004 when the third generation of route numbers came into use, replacing the old system which had been used since 1974.

Cross-Harbour Tunnel

Route

Legend

0.0 from Aberdeen 0.1 Exit 1 0.2 Exit 1A 0.7 Exit 2 1.2 Exit 3 1.6 Exit 4 2.3-4.2 Aberdeen Tunnel 4.7 Exit 5 5.3 Exit 5A 5.6 Exit 6 6.0-7.9 Cross Harbour Tunnel 8.3 Exit 6A 8.4 Exit 6B 8.5 Exit 6C 8.6 Exit 6D 9.0 Exit 7A 9.0 Exit 7B 9.3 Exit 7C 9.4 Exit 7D 9.7 Exit 7E 10.1 Exit 8 10.7 Exit 8A 11.2 Exit 8B 11.4 Exit 8C 11.4 Exit 8D 11.5 Exit 9 11.8 Exit 9A 11.9 Exit 9C 12.0 Exit 9E 12.2 Exit 9F 12.9 Exit 9G 13.4 Exit 10A 13.5 Exit 10B 13.6-15.0 Lion Rock Tunnel 16.3 Exit 11 17.4 Exit 11A 18.3 Exit 11B 18.8 Exit 12 19.5 Exit 12A 20.4 Exit 12B 21.1 Exit 12C 21.1 to Ma Liu Shui

The route begins in the south at Aberdeen Praya Road which continues as Wong Chuk Hang Road until reaching the Aberdeen Tunnel. The traffic runs on the Canal Road viaduct after exiting the tunnel in Happy Valley. The viaduct descends to the ground level passed the intersection at Gloucester Road for Route 4.

Traffic then crosses the Cross-Harbour Tunnel into Kowloon and keeps heading north along Princess Margaret Road and Waterloo Road. The stretch of Waterloo Road between Hereford Road and Lancashire Road in Kowloon Tong is the only section of the route that is not controlled access. Traffic then climbs a steep incline to reach the Lion Rock Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, the road skirts the border of Tai Wai. Traffic has an option to merge to Route 9 in Shatin or branch off onto Route 2 for Ma On Shan.^[2]

Exits and interchanges

District	Location	km[3]	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Southern	Aberdeen	0.0– 0.2	0.0– 0.1	1	Ap Lei Chau Bridge / Aberdeen Praya Road	Trumpet interchange; Southern terminus
	Wong Chuk Hang	0.2	0.1	1A	Heung Yip Road	Southbound only
		0.4	0.2	—	Yip Kan Street	Yip Kan Street to southbound only
		0.5– 1.1	0.3– 0.7	2	Wong Chuk Hang Road to Nam Long Shan Road
		1.2– 1.3	0.7– 0.8	3	Ocean Park Road	Trumpet interchange
		1.4– 2.0	0.9– 1.2	4	Wong Chuk Hang Road / Nam Fung Road	No access to/from southbound
		2.1	1.3	Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza
Southern– Wan Chai	Wong Chuk Hang– Happy Valley	2.3– 4.2	1.4– 2.6	Aberdeen Tunnel
Wan Chai	Morrison Hill	4.3– 4.9	2.7– 3.0	5	Wong Nai Chung Road	To/from Route 1 northbound only
	East Point	5.3	3.3	5A	Canal Road West / Canal Road East	To/from Route 1 southbound only
		5.4– 5.9	3.4– 3.7	6	Route 4 (Gloucester Road)
Wan Chai– Yau Tsim Mong	East Point– Hung Hom Bay	6.0– 7.8	3.7– 4.8	Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Yau Tsim Mong	Hung Hom Bay	8.1	5.0	Cross-Harbour Tunnel Toll Plaza
		8.2	5.1	—	Hong Chong Road	Hong Chong Road to northbound Route 1 only
	Hung Hom	8.4	5.2	6A	Salisbury Road	Southbound only
				6B	Railway Approach	Southbound only
				6C	Route 5 west (Chatham Road North)	Route 1 northbound to Route 5 westbound
		8.6	5.3	6D	Route 5 east (Chatham Road North)	Route 1 northbound to Route 5 eastbound
	No. 12 Hill	9.0	5.6	7A	Princess Margaret Road	To/from Route 1 northbound only
				7B	Princess Margaret Road Link	To from Route 1 northbound only
Kowloon City		9.1– 9.4	5.7– 5.8	7D	Chi Man Street	Southbound only
Yau Tsim Mong		9.3	5.8	7C	Wylie Road	Northbound only
Kowloon City		9.7	6.0	7E	Chung Man Street	Southbound only
	Ho Man Tin	10.0	6.2	8	Man Fung Path / Sheung Hing Street to Pui Ching Road	Partial cloverleaf interchange; No access to Route 1 southbound from Pui Ching Road westbound
				—	Princess Margaret Road to Argyle Street	To/from southbound Route 1 only
	Ma Tau Wai	11.0	6.8	8A	Waterloo Road	Frontage road
				—	Boundary Street	Boundary Street to Route 1 southbound only
				8B	Prince Edward Road West	Southbound only
	Kowloon Tsai			8C	Waterloo Road	Frontage road
				8D	Flint Road	Southbound exit only
				9	Essex Crescent / Lancashire Road	Northbound only
		12.0	7.5	9A	Rutland Quadrant / Durham Road	Southbound only
				9C	Hereford Road	No access from Hereford Road to Route 1 northbound
				—	York Road	York Road to Route 1 northbound only
				9E	Norfolk Road	Northbound exit only
				9F	Waterloo Road to Cornwall Street / Junction Road	Frontage road
		13.0	8.1	9G	Waterloo Road / Ede Road	Frontage road; Ede Road to Route 1 northbound only
				10A	Route 7 west (Lung Cheung Road)	Route 7 westbound to/from Route 1 northbound
Kowloon City– Wong Tai Sin				10B	Route 7 east (Lung Cheung Road)	Route 7 eastbound to/from Route 1 northbound
Kowloon City– Sha Tin	Kowloon Tsai– Tai Wai	14.0– 15.0	8.7– 9.3	Lion Rock Tunnel
Sha Tin	Tai Wai	15.0	9.3	Lion Rock Tunnel Toll Plaza
		16.0	9.9	11	Hung Mui Kuk Road	Trumpet interchange
	Sha Tin	17.0	10.6	11A	Lion Rock Tunnel Road / Che Kung Miu Road / Tai Chung Kiu Road	To/from Route 1 southbound
		18.0	11.2	11B	Sha Lek Highway	To/from Route 1 southbound
		19.0	11.8	12	Sha Tin Wai Road	Diamond interchange
		20.0	12.4	12A	Fo Tan Road / Tai Chung Kiu Road	To/from Route 1 southbound
	Fo Tan	21.0	13.0	12B	Sha Tin Road to Yuen Wo Road	To/from Route 1 southbound
				—	Route 9 east (Tai Po Road)	To/from Route 9 eastbound; Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Tolled

Notes

References

1. "LCQ4: Traffic congestion along the link roads to the Aberdeen Tunnel". Information Services Department. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
2. "Route Diagram - Route 1". Transport Department. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. OpenStreetMap contributors. Route 1 (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 20 March 2016.