Route 1 (Hong Kong)

Route 1

Route 1 coloured red
Route information
Length: 20.7 km (12.9 mi)
Existed: 1966 (Princess Margaret Road) – present
Major junctions
South end: Aberdeen Praya Road, Aberdeen
  Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
Chatham Road, Hung Hom
Lung Cheung Road, Beacon Hill
Sha Lek Highway, Sha Tin Wai
North end: Tai Po Road, Fo Tan
Location
Districts: Southern, Central and Western, Wan Chai, Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

← Route 10Route 2 →

Route 1 (Chinese: 一號幹線) is a major artery in Hong Kong that runs in a generally north-south direction, connecting Aberdeen with Shatin.

The route is heavily congested, notably on the Canal Road viaduct that links the Aberdeen Tunnel with the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in Causeway Bay.[1] Route 1 continues to serve as the most direct route from the north shore of Hong Kong Island to the Southern District. The road travels across the harbour and runs through the middle of Kowloon and continues heading north into the New Territories.

History

Route 1 was established in January 2004 when the third generation of route numbers came into use, replacing the old system which had been used since 1974.

Cross-Harbour Tunnel

Route

The route begins in the south at Aberdeen Praya Road which continues as Wong Chuk Hang Road until reaching the Aberdeen Tunnel. The traffic runs on the Canal Road viaduct after exiting the tunnel in Happy Valley. The viaduct descends to the ground level passed the intersection at Gloucester Road for Route 4.

Traffic then crosses the Cross-Harbour Tunnel into Kowloon and keeps heading north along Princess Margaret Road and Waterloo Road. The stretch of Waterloo Road between Hereford Road and Lancashire Road in Kowloon Tong is the only section of the route that is not controlled access. Traffic then climbs a steep incline to reach the Lion Rock Tunnel. At the end of the tunnel, the road skirts the border of Tai Wai. Traffic has an option to merge to Route 9 in Shatin or branch off onto Route 2 for Ma On Shan.[2]

Exits and interchanges

Route 1
District Location km[n 1] Exit Destinations[5] Notes
Aberdeen Praya Road
Southern Wong Chuk Hang 0.0 Aberdeen Praya Road - Aberdeen Southern terminus
0.1 1 Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road - Ap Lei Chau Southbound exit and northbound entrance from and to Wong Chuk Hang Road respectively
Wong Chuk Hang Road
Southern Wong Chuk Hang 0.2 1A Heung Yip Road Southbound exit and entrance only
0.7 2 Nam Long Shan Road - Wong Chuk Hang
1.2 3 Ocean Park Road - Ocean Park, Nam Long Shan
Aberdeen Tunnel
Southern Wong Chuk Hang 1.6 4 Wong Chuk Hang Road / Nam Fung Road - Shouson Hill, Repulse Bay, Stanley; Wong Nai Chung Gap Southbound exit and northbound entrance limited to Wong Chuk Hang Road
Wan Chai Happy Valley 2.3–
4.2		 Aberdeen Tunnel
Canal Road Flyover
Wan Chai Happy Valley 4.7 5 Queen's Road East / Morrison Hill Road / Wong Nai Chung Road - Wan Chai; Causeway Bay; Happy Valley Northbound exit and southbound entrance limited to Queen's Road East and Morrison Hill Road; southbound exit and northbound entrance limited to Queen's Road East and Wong Nai Chung Road
Causeway Bay 5.3 5A Leighton Road / Canal Road East - Causeway Bay Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Wan Chai Causeway Bay 5.6 6 Route 4 (Gloucester Road) east- and westbound - Central, North Point, Kowloon East, Chai Wan
Yau Tsim Mong Victoria Harbour 6.0–
7.9		 Cross-Harbour Tunnel
Hong Chong Road
Yau Tsim Mong Hung Hom 8.3 6A Salisbury Road - Tsim Sha Tsui Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
8.4 6B Railway Approach - Hung Hom Station Southbound exit only
8.5 6C Route 5 (Chatham Road South) westbound - Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
8.6 6D Route 5 (Chatham Road South) eastbound - Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon City Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
9.0 7A Princess Margaret Road - Tsim Sha Tsui Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
9.0 7B Princess Margaret Road Link - Hung Hom Bay Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Princess Margaret Road
Yau Tsim Mong Hung Hom 9.3 7C Wylie Road Northbound exit and entrance only
Kowloon City Ho Man Tin 9.4 7D Chi Man Street Southbound exit and entrance only
9.7 7E Chung Man Street - Ho Man Tin Southbound exit and entrance only
10.1 8 Pui Ching Road / Fat Kwong Street - Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok; Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom
Waterloo Road
Kowloon City Mong Kok 10.7 8A Argyle Street - Mong Kok No northbound exit
11.2 8B Prince Edward Road West - Mong Kok Southbound exit and entrance only; entrance from Boundary Street
11.4 8C Boundary Street - Kowloon City Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
11.4 8D Flint Road Southbound exit only
Kowloon Tong 11.5 9 Essex Crescent Northbound exit only
11.8 9A Durham Road No entrance
11.9 9C Hereford Road No northbound entrance
12.0 9E Norfolk Road Northbound exit only
12.2 9F Junction Road / Suffolk Road / Dorset Crescent - Kowloon Tong, Lok Fu Northbound exit and southbound entrance only; entrance from Junction Road only
12.9 9G Cornwall Road - Tai Wo Ping, Kwai Chung Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Lion Rock Tunnel Road
Kowloon City Kowloon Tong 13.4 10A Route 7 (Lung Cheung Road) westbound - Kwai Chung Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
13.5 10B Route 7 (Lung Cheung Road) eastbound - Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Sha Tin Lion Rock 13.6–
15.0		 Lion Rock Tunnel
Hin Tin 16.3 11 Hung Mui Kuk Road - Tai Wai
Sha Tin Road
Sha Tin Sha Tin Wai 17.4 11A Lion Rock Tunnel Road - Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin Central Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
18.3 11B Sha Lek Highway - Ma On Shan, Kowloon East Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
Yuen Chau Kok 18.8 12 Sha Tin Wai Road - Sha Tin Wai, Yuen Chau Kok, Kowloon East
19.5 12A Fo Tan Road / Tai Chung Kiu Road - Fo Tan, Shek Mun Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
Fo Tan 20.4 12B Fo Tan Road - Sha Tin Central Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
21.1 12C Yuen Wo Road - Penfold Park Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
21.1 Route 9 ( Tai Po Road — Sha Tin) northbound - Ma Liu Shui, Tai Po Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. ↑ Rounded to the nearest 1⁄10th of a kilometre[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "LCQ4: Traffic congestion along the link roads to the Aberdeen Tunnel". Information Services Department. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Route Diagram - Route 1". Transport Department. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Open Source Routing Machine". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Google Maps Street View". Google. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Route Diagram - Route 1". Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 10 January 2014.