Route 5 (Hong Kong)

Route 5
Kai Fuk Road, Kai Tak Tunnel, East Kowloon Corridor, Chatham Road North, Gascoigne Road, West Kowloon Corridor, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road
Route 5 coloured red
Route information
Length:	17.9 km (11.1 mi)
Existed:	1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge) – present
Major junctions
East end:	Route 7 in Ngau Tau Kok
	Route 2 near Kowloon Bay Route 1 in Hung Hom Route 7 in Lai King Route 3 in Tsuen Wan
West end:	Route 9 near Chai Wan Kok
Location
Districts:	Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan
Highway system
Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System ← Route 4 Route 6 →

An overhead viaduct carries route 5 through a parking garage in Yau Ma Tei

Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a route artery in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, linking Route 9.

Part one of the road begins in the east from Kowloon Bay westwards via central Kowloon to Yau Ma Tei.

From Yau Ma Tei the road heads north to Tsuen Wan and meets with Route 9 (Hong Kong).

In the Tai Kok Tsui section of the Route 5 the two lanes are separated.

Route 5 is one of the most seriously congested routes in Kowloon as it serves as an interchange to the Hung Hom Cross Harbour Tunnel, especially during peak hours.

Areas passing through by Route 5 includes:

• Ngau Tau Kok
• Kowloon Bay
• Hung Hom
• Yau Ma Tei
• Lai Chi Kok
• Kwai Chung
• Tsuen Wan

Roads that are part of it:

• Kai Fuk Road
• Airport Tunnel
• East Kowloon Corridor
• Chatham Road North
• West Kowloon Corridor
  • Gascoigne Road Flyover
  • Ferry Street Flyover
  • Tong Mi Road and Flyover
  • Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover
• Lai Chi Kok Road
• Kwai Chung Road
• Tsuen Wan Road

There are plans to expand the route to a high-speed roadway to ease congestion within Kowloon to outlying areas in the New Territories and alternate to Route 7 (Hong Kong).

Observed roads and exits

See also

• Route 6 (Hong Kong)

References

• Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong

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