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Encyclopedia > Route 1 (Hong Kong)

Route 1 (一號幹綫) in Hong Kong is a major artery that runs in a generally north-south direction from Aberdeen to Sha Tin. Aberdeen gate in Hong Kong Aberdeen Harbour (香港仔) is a harbour at the south side of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District of Hong Kong. ... Sha Tin, or Shatin (Chinese: 沙田; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: saa1 tin4; Mandarin Pinyin: Shātián) (literally fields of sand), is an area in the core of the Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ...


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 night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎngdǎo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... Aberdeen Tunnel (Chinese: 香港仔隧道) is a tunnel linking Happy Valley and Wong Chuk Hang near Aberdeen on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ... A pedestrain footpath in Happy Valley previously used by horses to get to the racecourse. ... Large crowd of shoppers can be seen on Causeway Bay. ... Canal Road East (堅拿道東), Canal Road West (堅拿道西) and the Canal Road Flyover (堅拿道天橋) are important roads in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District of Hong Kong. ... Route 4 (四號幹綫) is a east-west road artery along the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. ...


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 area around the entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s. ... Hung Hom Kung Yum Temple Hung Hom (紅磡) is an area of Kowloon, in Hong Kong, administratively part of the Kowloon City District. ... Princess Margaret Road (公主道) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Route 5 (五號幹綫) is a route artery in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tseun Wan in the New Territories. ... Waterloo Road is a major road running north–south in Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Route 7 (七號幹綫) is an arterial road through New Kowloon with Tseung Kwan O and Kwai Chung as its termini. ... The Lion Rock Tunnel is a twin-bored tunnel, connecting Sha Tin in the New Territories and Kowloon near Kowloon Tong, a vital component of the Route 1. ... Tai Wai (Chinese: 大圍; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: daai3 wai4, Mandarin Pinyin: Dàwěi) is a small town in Hong Kong, located between Sha Tin and the Lion Rock. ...


The route then runs along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and Sha Tin Road until it meets Route 9 in Sha Tin, where it terminates. Route 9, Hong Kong is a strategic trunk road, mostly in the form of expressway, circumscribing the New Territories. ... Sha Tin, or Shatin (Chinese: 沙田; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: saa1 tin4; Mandarin Pinyin: Shātián) (literally fields of sand), is an area in the core of the Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ...


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). Kowloon Tong (九龍塘; pinyin: jiu3 long2 tang2) is an area in Hong Kongs Kowloon Peninsula, part of Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po districts. ...


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Route 7 (Hong Kong) at AllExperts (206 words)
Route 7 (七號幹綫) 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.
Route 7's begins in the east at Tseung Kwan O and travels west towards Kwun Tong via Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.
Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth: Hong Kong Archives (17059 words)
The subways in Hong Kong are as efficient as they come; in particular, the fact that you can see a little arrow moving along the digital map of the subway system displayed inside the train guarantees that you won’t accidentally head in the wrong direction (or at least not for long).
Hong Kong had gone out of its way to capitalize on the number of people who wanted to visit the summit of Victoria Peak by developing the Galleria, despite complaints from traditionalist who said it would be to crass and commercial.
Hong Kong is indeed a city for the 21st century; even one glance of its infinite skyline would confirm this for skeptic and believer alike.
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