Route 6 (Hong Kong)

Route 6

Route 6 coloured red (dotted lines)
Route information
History: Opening in 2016 (estimated)
Major junctions
From: Yau Ma Tei
  Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon Bay, Eastern Harbour Crossing
To: Lam Tin
Location
Major cities: Kowloon, New Kowloon, Tseung Kwan O
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 5 Route 7

Route 6 (Chinese: 香港六號幹綫) is a road route number reserved for future use by the Hong Kong Government. It is proposed to run through central Kowloon in Hong Kong and is marked as a high-priority trunk route in the Third Comprehensive Transport Study.[1]

The current proposed route starts off Route 3 near Yau Ma Tei, passes through the new Central Kowloon Route and an unnamed 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 Bypass 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.

The route, when completed, is expected to relieve the congestion problem in Kowloon, and will also serve as an alternative route for the existing Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.

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