Route 1 (Hong Kong)

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Route 1

Length:	20.7km North, 20.6km South
Formed:	1966 (Princess Margaret Road)
From:	Aberdeen
Major junctions:	38 in total Route 4 in Causeway Bay Route 5 in Hung Hom Route 7 in Beacon Hill Route 9 in Fo Tan
To:	Shatin
Major cities:	Hong Kong
System:	Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 1 (Chinese: 一號幹綫) in Hong Kong is a major artery that runs in a generally north-south direction from Aberdeen to Sha Tin.

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).

[edit] Observed Roads and Exits

Northbound towards Fo Tan		Southbound towards Aberdeen
Exit	Destination	Exit	Destination
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Praya Road
1	Ap Lei Chau	1	Ap Lei Chau
Wong Chuk Hang Road
		1A	Heung Yip Road
		2	Nam Long Shan Road
3	Ocean Park and Nam Long Hill	3	Ocean Park and Nam Long Hill
4	Shouson Hill and Wong Nai Chung Gap	4	Shouson Hill and Stanley
Aberdeen Tunnel
Canal Road Flyover
5	Wanchai	5	Happy Valley
		5A	Leighton Road
6	Route 4 westbound towards Kennedy Town and eastbound towards Chai Wan	6	Route 4 westbound towards Kennedy Town and eastbound towards Chai Wan
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
		6A	Tsim Sha Tsui
		6B	Hung Hom Station
6C	Route 5 westbound towards Tsuen Wan
6D	Route 5 eastbound towards Ngau Tau Kok
		7A	Tsim Sha Tsui
		7B	Hung Hom Bay
Princess Margaret Road
7C	Wylie Road (Ho Man Tin)
		7D	Chi Man Street
		7E	Ho Man Tin
8	Ho Man Tin and Mong Kok	8	Mong Kok
		8A	Mong Kok (Agryle Street)
Waterloo Road
		8B	Mong Kok (Prince Edward Road West)
		8C	Kowloon City
		8D	Flint Road
9	Essex Crescent
		9A	Durham Road
		9C	Hereford Road
9E	Norfolk Road
9F	Kwai Chung
		9G	Kowloon Tong
		10A	Route 7 westbound towards Kwai Chung
		10B	Route 7 eastbound to Tseung Kwan O
Lion Rock Tunnel
Lion Rock Tunnel Road
11	Tai Wai	11	Tai Wai
11A	Tsuen Wan and Sha tin Central
Sha Tin Road
11B	Ma On Shan and Kowloon East
12	Yuen Chau Kok	12	Yuen Chau Kok and Kowloon East
12A	Fo Tan
		12B	Sha tin Central
12C	Penfold Park
Fo Tan (intersecting with Route 9)