Chai Wan Road

Chai Wan Road near Wan Tsui Estate

Chai Wan Road (Chinese: 柴灣道; Cantonese Yale: chaai4 waan1 dou6) located in Hong Kong, is one of the major roads in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island. It runs from Shau Kei Wan to Chai Wan through Chai Wan Gap; with one of the steepest inclines in Hong Kong on either side, with signs posted 1 in 10 gradient. It is therefore popularly referred to as Cheung Meng Che (長命斜), or long-lived incline.

The road was the only way towards Chai Wan before the opening of the Island Eastern Corridor and MTR Island Line. Currently, it is still the only pedestrian route connecting to Chai Wan.

Route

From West to East:
Chai Wan Road starts from the connection with Shau Kei Wan Road and the off-ramp from the Island Eastern Corridor and then goes uphill through Chai Wan Gap. After junctioning with Tai Tam Road, it goes downhill into central Chai Wan, and intersects the Island Eastern Corridor's eastern terminus and Wan Tsui Road at a roundabout, before turning north-east and turning sharply to the east at the junction with Wing Tai Road and flows into Siu Sai Wan Road to the east at Sun Yip Street.

Accidents

On 19 November 2012, three men were killed and 56 people were injured when a New World First Bus's driver became unconscious and hit a Kowloon Motor Bus and a taxi. British citizen Ivan Aranto Herrera Jorge and Swede Carl Magnus Lindgren, members of celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's culinary team, were among the dead.^[1]

Major buildings

From West to East:

Salesian English School
Shau Kei Wan Fire Station
Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School
Shau Kei Wan Government Secondary School
Shan Tsui Court
Hing Man Estate
Koway Court
Hing Wah Estate
Law Uk Folk Museum
Youth Square
New Jade Gardens
Chai Wan (MTR)
Wan Tsui Estate
Chai Wan Municipal Services Building
Lok Hin Terrace
Yue Wan Estate
Sheng Kung Hui Chai Wan St. Michael's Primary School
Mega iAdvantage(互聯優勢大廈) (One of the major Internet housing locations of Asia)

References

↑ Beatrice Siu (21 November 2012). "Celebrity chef identifies taxi victims". The Standard.

External links

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Streets and roads on Hong Kong Island

Central and Western District	Aberdeen Street Arbuthnot Road Battery Path Belcher's Street Bonham Road Bonham Strand Bonham Strand West Bridges Street Caine Road Centre Street Chater Road Cochrane Street Conduit Road Connaught Road Central Connaught Road West Connaught Place Davis Street Des Voeux Road Central Des Voeux Road West Duddell Street Elgin Street Eastern Street Gage Street Garden Road Glenealy Gutzlaff Street Harcourt Road Hollywood Road Ice House Street Jubilee Street Ladder Street Lan Kwai Fong Lugard Road Macdonnell Road Magazine Gap Road Old Bailey Street On Lan Street Po Hing Fong Pottinger Street Peel Street Queen Victoria Street Queen's Road Central Queen's Road West Queensway Robinson Road Smithfield Staveley Street Tai Ping Shan Street Upper Albert Road Upper Lascar Row Water Street Wellington Street Western Street Wing Kut Street Wing On Street Wing Sing Street Wyndham Street

Wan Chai District	Amoy Street Blue Pool Road Canal Road Gloucester Road Gresson Street Hennessy Road Jaffe Road Jardine's Bazaar Johnston Road Lee Tung Street Lockhart Road Oi Kwan Road Queen's Road East Stone Nullah Lane Stubbs Road Swatow Street Tai Yuen Street Thomson Road Victoria Park Road Yee Wo Street

Eastern District	Chai Wan Road King's Road Shau Kei Wan Road Tsat Tsz Mui Road Wharf Road

Southern District	Aberdeen Main Road Aberdeen Praya Road Sassoon Road Wong Chuk Hang Road

Spans more than one district	Bowen Road Kennedy Road Pok Fu Lam Road Tai Tam Road Victoria Road

See also Streets and roads in Kowloon The New Territories

Coordinates: 22°16′12″N 114°14′15″E / 22.2701°N 114.2374°E / 22.2701; 114.2374

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