Tai Po Road

大埔公路 Tai Po Road
Route information
Length:	21.9 km (13.6 mi) 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Tai Wo section 1.1 km (0.68 mi) Yuen Chau Tsai section 3.6 km (2.2 mi) Tai Po Kau section 2.8 km (1.7 mi) Ma Liu Shui section 4.0 km (2.5 mi) Sha Tin section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Tai Wai section 3.3 km (2.1 mi) Sha Tin Heights section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Piper's Hill section 3.1 km (1.9 mi) Section in Kowloon
Existed:	1902 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Cheung Sha Wan Road at Mong Kok
	Castle Peak Road at Sham Shui Po Route 7 at Lai Chi Kok Route 8 at Tai Wai Route 9 from Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui Route 1 at Fo Tan Route 9 at Island House
North end:	Kwong Fuk Road/Nam Wan Road at Tai Po South

Tai Po Road (Kowloon portion)

Chinese

大埔道

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dàbù Dào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	daai6 bou3 dou6

Tai Po Road (New Territories portion)

Chinese

大埔公路

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Dàbù Gōnglù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	daai6 bou3 gung1 lou6

Tai Po Road is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.

Location

The road begins at Nathan Road near Sham Shui Po, runs through the valley between Golden Hill and Beacon Hill, and connects to Sha Tin. It then continues northward along Sha Tin Hoi and Tai Po Hoi.

History

Built in 1902, Tai Po Road is one of the earliest major roads in the New Territories. Until the completion of the Lion Rock Tunnel in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting the New Territories with Kowloon.^[1] Before the construction of the Fanling Highway in the 1980s, the road connected Fanling and Sheung Shui.

Gallery

Tai Po Road Pipers Hill Section
Tai Po Road Sha Tin Section

References

↑ Cheng Siu Kei, "Making of a New Town: Urbanisation in Tai Po", Tai Po Book p. 271

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tai Po Road.

Google Maps of Tai Po Road:
- All sections except Tai Wo (大窩段)
- Tai Wo section (大窩段)

Major streets and roads in Kowloon & New Kowloon

Kowloon City	Argyle Broadcast Boundary Fat Kwong Prince Edward To Kwa Wan Waterloo

Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong Lei Yue Mun Yue Man Prince Edward

Sham Shui Po	Apliu Boundary Castle Peak Cheung Sha Wan Ching Cheung Fuk Wa Lai Chi Kok Pei Ho Tai Po

Wong Tai Sin	Lung Cheung Choi Hung

Yau Tsim Mong	Argyle Austin Austin West Boundary Canton Chatham Cherry Dundas Fa Yuen Gascoigne Jordan Mody Nathan Portland Prince Edward Princess Margaret Public Square Sai Yeung Choi Salisbury Shanghai Soy Temple Tung Choi Wylie

Streets and roads in Hong Kong Island New Territories

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 9	Shing Mun Tunnels Shing Mun Tunnel Road Tai Po Road — Sha Tin Tolo Highway Fanling Highway San Tin Highway Yuen Long Highway Tuen Mun Road Cheung Pei Shan Road

Preceded by Shing Mun Tunnel Road	Hong Kong Route 9 Tai Po Road — Sha Tin	Succeeded by Tolo Highway

Coordinates: 22°23′20″N 114°11′37″E / 22.38893°N 114.19353°E / 22.38893; 114.19353

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