List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.

Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. Some of the roads on the north side of Hong Kong Island and southern Kowloon have a grid like pattern. The roads and highways are generally designed to British standards. Highways generally conform to British motorway standards.

Speed limits on all roads are 50 km/h, unless specified by road signs. Usually, higher speed limits such as 70 km/h and 80 km/h have been raised to facilitate traffic flow along main roads and trunk roads. On most expressways, speed limits have been raised to 80 km/h and 100 km/h due to the smooth geometry and 110 km/h for North Lantau Highway, while some expressways such as Island Eastern Corridor and Tuen Mun Road have been enforced to 70 km/h because of its long existence and/or geometrical constraints. Typically, the highest speed limit in all tunnels and suspension bridges is 80 km/h, while for other roads such as toll plaza areas and slip roads that do not lead to other expressways the speed limits are recommended to be reduced to the default 50 km/h speed limit.

Routes

Hong Kong's Transport Department is responsible for management of road traffic, regulation of public transport services and operation of major transport infrastructures, while Highways Department is responsible for planning, design, construction and maintenance of the public road system.

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. However, the new system has caused some confusion to drivers used to relying on destination signs.

The routes are designated as follows:

Highways

There is approximately 145.5 kilometres (90.4 mi) of highways in Hong Kong, the following list is sorted by length:

Number and NameLength
(km)		Speed limit (km/h)
Tuen Mun Road 16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi)[1] 70
North Lantau Highway 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) 110
Tsing Long Highway 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) 80/100
Tolo Highway 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi) 80/100
Fanling Highway 10.0 kilometres (6.2 mi) 80/100
Yuen Long Highway 10.0 kilometres (6.2 mi) 80
Island Eastern Corridor 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) 70
San Tin Highway 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) 100
Hong Kong–Shenzhen Western Corridor 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) 80
Kong Sham Western Highway 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) 80
West Kowloon Highway 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) 100
Tate's Cairn Highway 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) 80
Sha Lek Highway 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) 80
Tsuen Wan Road 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) 70
Lantau Link 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) 80
Tsing Kwai Highway 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) 80
Sha Tin Road 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) 80
Kwun Tong Bypass 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) 80
Tai Po Road - Sha Tin Section 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi)[2] 80
Penny's Bay Highway 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) 80
Cheung Tsing Highway 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) 80

Tunnels

Tunnels are a critical part of Hong Kong's transport infrastructure, given its mountainous and island topography. The first tunnel linked Kowloon with Shatin, the first of 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.

Bridges

The following is an incomplete list of notable bridges in Hong Kong. There are more than 2000 bridges within Hong Kong.[3]

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Flyovers

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Viaducts

Roads, avenues, streets, bazaars, squares, crescents

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon and New Kowloon

New Territories

Fanling

  • Pik Fung Road

Kwai Chung

  • Joint Street
  • King Cho Road
  • Lai Chi Ling Road
  • Lai Cho Road
  • Lai King Hill Road
  • Lim Cho Street

Tai Po

  • Kwong Fuk Road
  • Tai Po-Tai Wo Road
  • Ting Kok Road
  • Yuen Shin Road

Tsing Yi

Tuen Mun

  • Lung Mun Road
  • Ming Kum Road
  • Sam Shing Street
  • Tsing Tin Road
  • Tsing Wun Road
  • Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road
  • Wong Chu Road
  • Wu King Road
  • Wu Shan Road
  • Pui To Road

Sai Kung

Sha Tin

  • A Kung Kok Street
  • Che Kung Miu Road
  • Fo Tan Road
  • Hung Mui Kuk Road
  • Kam Ying Road
  • Ma On Shan Road
  • Mei Tin Road
  • On Chun Street
  • On Yuen Street
  • On Luk Street
  • Sai Sha Road
  • Sha On Street
  • Sha Tin Road
  • Sha Tin Wai Road
  • Sha Tin Tau Road
  • Tai Chung Kiu Road
  • Tin Sam Street
  • Yuen Wo Road

Sheung Shui

Yuen Long
  • Kam Sheung Road
  • Kam Tin Road

Outlying Islands

Lantau
Chek Lap Kok Airport
  • Airport Road
  • Airport Expo Boulevard
  • Catering Road West
  • Catering Road Central
  • Catering Road East
  • Chek Lap Kok South Road
  • Cheong Hing Road
  • Cheong Hong Road
  • Cheong King Road
  • Cheong Lin Path
  • Cheong Lin Road
  • Cheong Shun Road
  • Cheong Tat Road
  • Cheong Wing Road
  • Cheong Wong Road
  • Cheong Yip Road
  • Chung Cheung Road
  • East Coast Road
  • Kwo Lo Wan Road
  • North Perimeter Road
  • Runway Road South
  • Sky City Road
  • Sky Plaza Drive
  • Sky Plaza Road
  • South Perimeter Road
Cheung Chau
  • Pak Sha Praya Road
  • Pak Shue Street
  • Peak Road
  • Sun Hing Street
  • Tung Wa Road

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 major road users, as well as facilitating monitoring of traffic. 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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Maps of Tuen Mun Road (expressway)
  2. ↑ Google Maps of Tai Po Road - Sha Tin section (expressway)
  3. ↑ http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=321

External links

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