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January 4th, 2007, 07:47 AM
Ok, HK is such a small place but the territory has an excellent highway system. Though it may have be as long or impressive as the ones in the United States or Germany, it still provides some scenic views of the city.
In HK, there are 9 routes with route 6 being proposed
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RouteShield.jpg
Route 1: The route begins at Aberdeen Praya Road in southern Hong Kong Island, which then turns into Wong Chuk Hang Road. The route then travels through the Aberdeen Tunnel to Happy Valley and Causeway Bay along the Canal Road Flyover, where it intersects with Route 4 (Gloucester Road).
The road then runs through the Cross Harbour Tunnel to Hung Hom; along Princess Margaret Road, where it intersects with Route 5 (Chatham Road North); Waterloo Road, where it intersects with Route 7 (Lung Cheung Road); and through the Lion Rock Tunnel to Tai Wai.
The route then runs along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and Sha Tin Road until it meets Route 9 in Sha Tin, where it terminates.
With the notable exception of a stretch of Waterloo Road in Kowloon Tong between Hereford Road and Lancashire Road, Route 1 has no level intersections with other roads along its length (through the use of side-exits, flyovers and underpasses).
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Route 2: This route runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year.
Route 2 consists of 4 parts, from South to North:
* Eastern Harbour Crossing starting from Quarry Bay, where it joins into Island Eastern Corridor of Route 4, across the Victoria Harbour and ending at Lam Tin. Exit 1 is present in the starting point; exit 2 is present around Lei Yue Mun Interchange.
* Kwun Tong Bypass succeeds the EHC at Lei Yue Mun Interchange and goes along the coast of Kowloon Bay to Diamond Hill. On the Kwun Tong Bypass, Route 2 junctions Route 5 and Route 7. Exit 3 is at Kowloon Bay which leads to Route 5 and the Kowloon Bay Industrial Area; exit 4 joins the Prince Edward Road at the entrance of Tate's Cairn Tunnel.
* Tate's Cairn Tunnel continues the route from Diamond Hill, cutting through Tate's Cairn to Shek Mun Interchange. Exit 5 in the section runs down to Siu Lek Yuen.
* Tate's Cairn Highway, at last, takes the route 2 to an end at Ma Liu Shui, where it joins into Tolo Highway of Route 9.
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Route 3: is a series of expressways in Hong Kong from Sai Ying Pun on the Hong Kong Island to Yuen Long in the New Territories, via Yau Ma Tei, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island.
From south to north, Route 3 can be divided into four parts. The first part runs across the Victoria Harbour through the Western Harbour Crossing from Sai Ying Pun to Yau Ma Tei.
The next section travels between Yau Ma Tei and Lai Chi Kok on the West Kowloon Highway. This section has interchange with Route 5 in Tai Kok Tsui and junctions Route 7 in Butterfly Valley.
The third section is the Tsing Yi section, which includes Tsing Kwai Highway from Lai Chi Kok to Tsing Yi Island, with the Rambler Channel Bridge on its way; Cheung Tsing Highway, across the Tsing Yi Island going through the Cheung Ching Tunnel, through the Tsing Yi Northwestern Interchange, where Route 3 junctions with Route 8 leading to Chek Lap Kok Airport to the entrance of Ting Kau Bridge.
The last part is the Tsing Long Highway, which literally and actually runs from Tsing Yi Island to Yuen Long, crossing the Ting Kau Bridge, Tai Lam Tunnel and the Route 3 Country Park Section that runs from the northern exit of Tai Lam Tunnel to Kam Tin, and joins Route 9 near Pok Oi Hospital.
Route 4: an east-west road artery along the north shore of Hong Kong Island. Formerly divided into routes 7 and 8, Route 4 (completed in 1990) consists of two sections:
From Chai Wan the route travels west towards Central via Island Eastern Corridor, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road Flyover, and finally to Connaught Road Central.
Part two of the roadway extension which took Route 4 from Connaught Road Central to Kennedy Town via the Connaught Road West Flyover was completed in 1997.
Route 5: 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).
Route 6: is a road route number reserved for future by Hong Kong Government. It is proposed to run through central Kowloon in Hong Kong.
The current proposed route starts off Route 3 near Yau Ma Tei, passes through the new Central Kowloon Tunnel and an untitled submarine tunnel which together leads to the underground of former Kai Tak Airport, junctioning Route 5 on the way. Then the route junctions Kwun Tong Express of Route 2 in Kowloon Bay, and runs through an underground tunnel to Lam Tin, where it junctions with Route 2 again at the entrance to Eastern Harbour Crossing and runs into another proposed route, Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel to southern Tseung Kwan O.
Route 7: is an arterial road through New Kowloon in Hong Kong with Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung as its terminals.
Built in the 1970s as a 2 lane trunk road (then called Route 4 and renamed when Route 7 on Hong Kong Island was renamed Route 4), it was expanded to the current 3 lane highway. The highway has 8 interchanges and grade separation
Route 7 consists of three parts:
Route 7's begins in the east at Tseung Kwan O and travels west towards Kwun Tong via Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.
From Kwun Tong, the road turns north passing Kowloon Bay and then onto Choi Hung.
From Choi Hung the road turns west again and ends at Kwai Chung and connects with Route 5 (Hong Kong).
Route 8: is a 2.2 km 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong. It is a combination of many sections.
The section from Lantau to Tsing Yi is made up of the existing North Lantau Highway and Lantau Link, which was opened in 1997. Route 8 becomes Airport Road, Hong Kong at Chep Lap Kok.
The next section between Tsing Yi and Cheung Sha Wan, formerly known as Route 9, will be a 7.6 km dual 3-lane highway. This section consists of the Stonecutters Bridge, which will span the Rambler Channel from Stonecutters Island and link with the Tsing Ma Bridge through the Nam Wan Tunnel and West Tsing Yi viaduct. This section is due to be completed by 2008.
Knitting bridges interchage of Route 8 and Route 3 at the border of Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok
The remaining section links Cheung Sha Wan and Tai Wai. It was formerly known as Route 16 and will be composed of the Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel. The length of the section is 6 km and construction works will be completed in 2007, linking Route 9.
Route 9: in the form of expressway, circumscribing the New Territories. Starting from the Shing Mun Tunnels, Route 9 goes in the counter-clockwise direction, linking Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan. This Route 9 came into being after the rationalization of route number system in January, 2004, replacing the old system which has been used since 1974.
Like other strategic routes in Hong Kong, Route 9 consists of several sections.
The section from Tsuen Wan to Sha Tin is derived from the former Route 5, which includes the Shing Mun Tunnels and most part of the Tai Po Road - Sha Tin. This section, opened in 1990, is not recognized as an expressway, however.
Route 9 then runs in a northerly direction by the remaining portion of Tai Po Road - Shatin until at the Ma Liu Shui Interchange (interchange with Route 2), where it is continued by the 12.3 km-long Tolo Highway (opened in 1985) to Lam Kam Road Interchange, at the north of Tai Po. The widening of Tolo Highway between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po to dual-4 has been finished in 2003. It is built to full British motorway standards (3 lanes + hard shoulder).
The next section is another dual-3 expressway, Fanling Highway, which was completed in three stages between 1985 and 1987, running due north and north-west, connecting Tai Po North and Pak Shek Au, near San Tin.
At San Tin Interchange near Lok Ma Chau, Route 9 turns south towards Au Tau, near Yuen Long on an expressway known as San Tin Highway. After interchanging with Route 3, Route 9 is carried along the Yuen Long Highway to Lam Tei Interchange, followed by Tuen Mun Highway, all the way to Tsuen Wan.
At Tsuen Wan, the section of Route 9 linking Chai Wan Kok and Shek Wai Kok is still under construction. After its opening in mid 2006, traffic can continue its way back to the Shing Mun Tunnels via the new road and the existing Cheung Pei Shan Road.
In HK, there are 9 routes with route 6 being proposed
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:RouteShield.jpg
Route 1: The route begins at Aberdeen Praya Road in southern Hong Kong Island, which then turns into Wong Chuk Hang Road. The route then travels through the Aberdeen Tunnel to Happy Valley and Causeway Bay along the Canal Road Flyover, where it intersects with Route 4 (Gloucester Road).
The road then runs through the Cross Harbour Tunnel to Hung Hom; along Princess Margaret Road, where it intersects with Route 5 (Chatham Road North); Waterloo Road, where it intersects with Route 7 (Lung Cheung Road); and through the Lion Rock Tunnel to Tai Wai.
The route then runs along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and Sha Tin Road until it meets Route 9 in Sha Tin, where it terminates.
With the notable exception of a stretch of Waterloo Road in Kowloon Tong between Hereford Road and Lancashire Road, Route 1 has no level intersections with other roads along its length (through the use of side-exits, flyovers and underpasses).
http://www.samsays.com/Sam%20Pics/Hong%20Kong/Tsim%20Sha%20Tsui%20East/images/p6130056.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2ndlionrocktunnel.JPG/300px-2ndlionrocktunnel.JPG
Route 2: This route runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year.
Route 2 consists of 4 parts, from South to North:
* Eastern Harbour Crossing starting from Quarry Bay, where it joins into Island Eastern Corridor of Route 4, across the Victoria Harbour and ending at Lam Tin. Exit 1 is present in the starting point; exit 2 is present around Lei Yue Mun Interchange.
* Kwun Tong Bypass succeeds the EHC at Lei Yue Mun Interchange and goes along the coast of Kowloon Bay to Diamond Hill. On the Kwun Tong Bypass, Route 2 junctions Route 5 and Route 7. Exit 3 is at Kowloon Bay which leads to Route 5 and the Kowloon Bay Industrial Area; exit 4 joins the Prince Edward Road at the entrance of Tate's Cairn Tunnel.
* Tate's Cairn Tunnel continues the route from Diamond Hill, cutting through Tate's Cairn to Shek Mun Interchange. Exit 5 in the section runs down to Siu Lek Yuen.
* Tate's Cairn Highway, at last, takes the route 2 to an end at Ma Liu Shui, where it joins into Tolo Highway of Route 9.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Lei_Yue_Mun_Interchange.jpg/800px-Lei_Yue_Mun_Interchange.jpg
Route 3: is a series of expressways in Hong Kong from Sai Ying Pun on the Hong Kong Island to Yuen Long in the New Territories, via Yau Ma Tei, Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island.
From south to north, Route 3 can be divided into four parts. The first part runs across the Victoria Harbour through the Western Harbour Crossing from Sai Ying Pun to Yau Ma Tei.
The next section travels between Yau Ma Tei and Lai Chi Kok on the West Kowloon Highway. This section has interchange with Route 5 in Tai Kok Tsui and junctions Route 7 in Butterfly Valley.
The third section is the Tsing Yi section, which includes Tsing Kwai Highway from Lai Chi Kok to Tsing Yi Island, with the Rambler Channel Bridge on its way; Cheung Tsing Highway, across the Tsing Yi Island going through the Cheung Ching Tunnel, through the Tsing Yi Northwestern Interchange, where Route 3 junctions with Route 8 leading to Chek Lap Kok Airport to the entrance of Ting Kau Bridge.
The last part is the Tsing Long Highway, which literally and actually runs from Tsing Yi Island to Yuen Long, crossing the Ting Kau Bridge, Tai Lam Tunnel and the Route 3 Country Park Section that runs from the northern exit of Tai Lam Tunnel to Kam Tin, and joins Route 9 near Pok Oi Hospital.
Route 4: an east-west road artery along the north shore of Hong Kong Island. Formerly divided into routes 7 and 8, Route 4 (completed in 1990) consists of two sections:
From Chai Wan the route travels west towards Central via Island Eastern Corridor, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road Flyover, and finally to Connaught Road Central.
Part two of the roadway extension which took Route 4 from Connaught Road Central to Kennedy Town via the Connaught Road West Flyover was completed in 1997.
Route 5: 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).
Route 6: is a road route number reserved for future by Hong Kong Government. It is proposed to run through central Kowloon in Hong Kong.
The current proposed route starts off Route 3 near Yau Ma Tei, passes through the new Central Kowloon Tunnel and an untitled submarine tunnel which together leads to the underground of former Kai Tak Airport, junctioning Route 5 on the way. Then the route junctions Kwun Tong Express of Route 2 in Kowloon Bay, and runs through an underground tunnel to Lam Tin, where it junctions with Route 2 again at the entrance to Eastern Harbour Crossing and runs into another proposed route, Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel to southern Tseung Kwan O.
Route 7: is an arterial road through New Kowloon in Hong Kong with Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung as its terminals.
Built in the 1970s as a 2 lane trunk road (then called Route 4 and renamed when Route 7 on Hong Kong Island was renamed Route 4), it was expanded to the current 3 lane highway. The highway has 8 interchanges and grade separation
Route 7 consists of three parts:
Route 7's begins in the east at Tseung Kwan O and travels west towards Kwun Tong via Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.
From Kwun Tong, the road turns north passing Kowloon Bay and then onto Choi Hung.
From Choi Hung the road turns west again and ends at Kwai Chung and connects with Route 5 (Hong Kong).
Route 8: is a 2.2 km 3-lane carriageway dual 3-lane highway under construction which will link Lantau Island, Tsing Yi Island, Cheung Sha Wan in West Kowloon, and Sha Tin in the Northeast New Territories of Hong Kong. It is a combination of many sections.
The section from Lantau to Tsing Yi is made up of the existing North Lantau Highway and Lantau Link, which was opened in 1997. Route 8 becomes Airport Road, Hong Kong at Chep Lap Kok.
The next section between Tsing Yi and Cheung Sha Wan, formerly known as Route 9, will be a 7.6 km dual 3-lane highway. This section consists of the Stonecutters Bridge, which will span the Rambler Channel from Stonecutters Island and link with the Tsing Ma Bridge through the Nam Wan Tunnel and West Tsing Yi viaduct. This section is due to be completed by 2008.
Knitting bridges interchage of Route 8 and Route 3 at the border of Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok
The remaining section links Cheung Sha Wan and Tai Wai. It was formerly known as Route 16 and will be composed of the Eagle's Nest Tunnel and Sha Tin Heights Tunnel. The length of the section is 6 km and construction works will be completed in 2007, linking Route 9.
Route 9: in the form of expressway, circumscribing the New Territories. Starting from the Shing Mun Tunnels, Route 9 goes in the counter-clockwise direction, linking Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan. This Route 9 came into being after the rationalization of route number system in January, 2004, replacing the old system which has been used since 1974.
Like other strategic routes in Hong Kong, Route 9 consists of several sections.
The section from Tsuen Wan to Sha Tin is derived from the former Route 5, which includes the Shing Mun Tunnels and most part of the Tai Po Road - Sha Tin. This section, opened in 1990, is not recognized as an expressway, however.
Route 9 then runs in a northerly direction by the remaining portion of Tai Po Road - Shatin until at the Ma Liu Shui Interchange (interchange with Route 2), where it is continued by the 12.3 km-long Tolo Highway (opened in 1985) to Lam Kam Road Interchange, at the north of Tai Po. The widening of Tolo Highway between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po to dual-4 has been finished in 2003. It is built to full British motorway standards (3 lanes + hard shoulder).
The next section is another dual-3 expressway, Fanling Highway, which was completed in three stages between 1985 and 1987, running due north and north-west, connecting Tai Po North and Pak Shek Au, near San Tin.
At San Tin Interchange near Lok Ma Chau, Route 9 turns south towards Au Tau, near Yuen Long on an expressway known as San Tin Highway. After interchanging with Route 3, Route 9 is carried along the Yuen Long Highway to Lam Tei Interchange, followed by Tuen Mun Highway, all the way to Tsuen Wan.
At Tsuen Wan, the section of Route 9 linking Chai Wan Kok and Shek Wai Kok is still under construction. After its opening in mid 2006, traffic can continue its way back to the Shing Mun Tunnels via the new road and the existing Cheung Pei Shan Road.