Island Eastern Corridor

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Island Eastern Corridor is an expressway along the north shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, China. It starts from Causeway Bay in the west and ends in Chai Wan in the east. It is part of Route 4. The section between Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay consists mainly of viaducts built along Victoria Harbour.

Built in the early 1980s, the corridor eases the heavy traffic on King's Road in the Eastern District. It joins Victoria Park Road and Gloucester Road at Causeway Bay, and the Eastern Harbour Crossing at Quarry Bay.

Work has been done to the expressway several times over its life, including the bridge diversions at Quarry Bay where Route 4 joins with Route 2. There is also a proposed extension of the Corridor into the hills of Chai Wan.

The bus companies in Hong Kong operate a number of "express" bus routes that travel on the Island Eastern Corridor. Examples are:

• Kowloon Motor Bus
  • 681 Ma On Shan Town Centre <-> Central (Hong Kong Station)
  • 307 Tai Po Central <-> Central Ferry Piers
• New World First Bus
  • 2X Wan Chai Ferry Pier <-> Aldrich Bay
  • 8 Wan Chai Ferry Pier <-> Heng Fa Chuen
  • 8P Wan Chai Ferry Pier <-> Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)
  • 720 Central (Macau Ferry) <-> Aldrich Bay
  • 720A Aldrich Bay <-> Admiralty (circular)
  • 720P Central (Macau Ferry) <-> Taikoo Shing (circular)
  • M722 Yiu Tung Estate <-> Central (Hong Kong Station) (circular)
• Citybus
  • 8X Happy Valley (Lower) <-> Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)
  • 780 Chai Wan (East) <-> Central (Ferry Piers)
  • 788 Central (Macau Ferry) <-> Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)
  • 789 Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) <-> Admiralty (Rodney Street)