Route 1 (Hong Kong)

Route 1
Aberdeen Tunnel, Canal Road Flyover, Cross Harbour Tunnel, Hong Chong Road, Princess Margaret Road,Waterloo Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Sha Tin Road

Route 1 coloured red
Route information
Length: 20.7 km (12.9 mi)
Existed: 1966 (Princess Margaret Road) – present
Major junctions
From: Aberdeen
 

38 in total
Route 4 in Causeway Bay

Route 5 in Hung Hom
Route 7 in Beacon Hill
Route 9 in Fo Tan
To: Sha Tin
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 10 Route 2

Route 1 (Chinese: 一號幹線) 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).

Observed roads and exits

Shek Mun

Northbound towards Fo Tan Southbound towards Aberdeen
Exit Destination Exit Destination
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Praya Road
1 Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road

Ap Lei Chau

1 Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road

Ap Lei Chau

Wong Chuk Hang Road
1A Heung Yip Road
2 Nam Long Shan Road
3 Ocean Park and Nam Long Shan 3 Ocean Park and Nam Long Shan
4 Island Road/Nam Fung Road

Shouson Hill and Wong Nai Chung Gap

4 Island Road

Shouson Hill and Stanley

Aberdeen Tunnel
Canal Road Flyover
5 Queen's Road East

Wan Chai

5 Wong Nai Chung Road

Happy Valley

5A Leighton Road

Causeway Bay

6 Gloucester Road /Island Eastern Corridor

Route 4 westbound towards Kennedy Town and eastbound towards Chai Wan

6 Gloucester Road /Island Eastern Corridor

Route 4 westbound towards Kennedy Town and eastbound towards Chai Wan

Cross-Harbour Tunnel
6A Salisbury Road

Tsim Sha Tsui

6B Hung Hom Station
6C Gascoigne Road

Route 5 westbound towards Kwai Chung & Tsuen Wan

6D East Kowloon Corridor Route 5 eastbound towards Ngau Tau Kok
7A Chatham Road South

Tsim Sha Tsui

7B Cheong Tung Road

Hung Hom Bay

Princess Margaret Road
7C Wylie Road (Ho Man Tin)
7D Chi Man Street
7E

Chung Man Street

Ho Man Tin
8 Pui Ching Road / Fat Kwong Street

Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom and Mong Kok

8 Pui Ching Road / Fat Kwong Street

Mong Kok

8A Argyle Street

Mong Kok

Waterloo Road
8B Prince Edward Road West

Mong Kok

8C Boundary Street

Kowloon City

8D Flint Road
9 Essex Crescent
9A Durham Road
9C Hereford Road
9E Norfolk Road
9F Cornwall Street

Tai Wo Ping, Kwai Chung

9G Junction Road

Kowloon Tong, Lok Fu

10A Lung Cheung Road

Route 7 westbound towards Kwai Chung

10B Lung Cheung Road

Route 7 eastbound to Kwun Tong & Tseung Kwan O

Lion Rock Tunnel
Lion Rock Tunnel Road
11 Hung Mui Kuk Road

Tai Wai

11 Hung Mui Kuk Road

Tai Wai

11A Lion Rock Tunnel Road

Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin Central

Sha Tin Road
11B Sha Lek Highway

Ma On Shan and Kowloon East

12 Sha Tin Wai Road

Sha Tin Wai, Yuen Chau Kok

12 Sha Tin Wai Road

Yuen Chau Kok and Kowloon (East)

12A Fo Tan Rd

Fo Tan

12B Fo Tan Road

Sha Tin Central

12C Yuen Wo Road

Penfold Park

Fo Tan (intersecting with Route 9)

See also

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