Route 4 (Hong Kong)
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| Island Eastern Corridor, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road, Connaught Road (West & Central) | ||||
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Route 4 coloured red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length: | 15.3 km (9.5 mi) | |||
| Existed: | 1984 (Island Eastern Corridor) – present | |||
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| East end: | Chai Wan Road/Wan Tsui Road in Chai Wan | |||
 Route 2 in Quarry Bay Route 1 in Causeway Bay Route 3 in Sai Ying Pun | ||||
| West end: | Shing Sai Road in Kennedy Town | |||
| Location | ||||
| Districts: | Eastern, Wan Chai, Central and Western | |||
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Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
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Island Eastern Corridor near North Point
Route 4 (Chinese: 四號幹綫) is an east-west road artery along the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Formerly divided into routes 7 (Causeway Bay - Aberdeen) and 8 (Utilisation of Island Eastern Corridor), it was absorbed into Route 4 in 2004.
Route
Route 4 had consisted of two sections:
From Chai Wan the route travels west towards Central via Island Eastern Corridor, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Harcourt Road Flyover, and finally to Connaught Road Central,before Central Wan Chai Bypass working finished.
Part two of the roadway extension which took Route 4 from Connaught Road Central to Kennedy Town via the Connaught Road West Flyover was completed in 1997.
The areas covered by the route include Kennedy Town, Shek Tong Tsui, Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Quarry Bay, Tai Koo Shing, Shau Kei Wan, A Kung Ngam, Heng Fa Chuen and Chai Wan.
Exit list
| District | Location | km[1] | mi | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Central and Western | Shek Tong Tsui | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | Shing Sai Road | No entrance from Shing Sai Road westbound to Route 4 eastbound, or from Route 4 eastbound to Shing Sai Road westbound |
| Sai Ying Pun | 0.6– 1.6 | 0.4– 1.0 | 13 | Route 3 | Directional-T interchange | |
| 0.7 | 0.4 | — | Hill Road Flyover | To Route 4 eastbound only | ||
| Sheung Wan | 1.9 | 1.2 | 12D | Connaught Road West | From Connaught Road West to Route 4, and from Route 4 to Connaught Road West | |
| Central | 2.4 | 1.5 | 12C | Central–Wan Chai Bypass / Man Po Street | From Route 4 eastbound only; Future Route 4 alignment | |
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 12B | Connaught Road Central | From Route 4 westbound only | ||
| — | Queen Victoria Street | From Route 4 westbound only | ||||
| 2.9 | 1.8 | — | Pottinger Street | To Route 4 westbound only | ||
| 2.9– 3.4 | 1.8– 2.1 | 12A | Connaught Road Central to Pedder Street / Connaught Place | Texas U-turns at Connaught Road Central | ||
| 11A | Club Street | From Route 4 westbound only | ||||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | — | Edinburgh Place | From Route 4 eastbound only | ||
| 10A | Murray Road | From Route 4 eastbound only | ||||
| 3.5– 4.0 | 2.2– 2.5 | 10 | Cotton Tree Drive / Harcourt Road | No entrance from Cotton Tree Drive to Route 4 westbound | ||
| Admiralty | 4.0– 4.2 | 2.5– 2.6 | 9D | Harcourt Road / Fenwick Pier Street / Performing Arts Avenue | No entrance from Route 4 westbound | |
| Wan Chai District | 4.3– 4.5 | 2.7– 2.8 | 9C | Fenwick Street / Arsenal Street | No entrance to Fenwick Street from Route 4 westbound, or from Route 4 eastbound to Arsenal Street; Route 4 westbound access to Arsenal Street via Gloucester Road | |
| Wan Chai | 4.7 | 2.9 | 9B | Gloucester Road | Westbound access to frontage road | |
| 4.7– 4.9 | 2.9– 3.0 | 9A | Fleming Road | Route 4 westbound access via Gloucester Road | ||
| 5.1– 5.2 | 3.2– 3.2 | 9 | Tonnochy Road | No entrance from the northern section of Tonnochy Road southbound to Route 4 westbound; No access to the southern section of Tonnochy Road | ||
| Causeway Bay | 5.3 | 3.3 | 8A | Marsh Road | Route 4 eastbound to Marsh Road northbound only | |
| 5.3– 5.9 | 3.3– 3.7 | 8 | Route 1 | |||
| 6.0– 6.3 | 3.7– 3.9 | 7 | Gloucester Road | No access from Gloucester Road to Route 4 eastbound | ||
| Eastern District | 6.2– 6.3 | 3.9– 3.9 | 6C | Victoria Park Road / Tsing Fung Street | Route 4 eastbound access via Hing Fat Street | |
| Fortress Hill | 6.9 | 4.3 | 6B | Hing Fat Street | Route 4 westbound access via Victoria Park Road / Tsing Fung Street | |
| 7.5 | 4.7 | — | Central–Wan Chai Bypass | Planned eastern end of bypass | ||
| North Point | 7.7– 7.8 | 4.8– 4.8 | 6A | Tong Shui Road | Entrances from Route 4 eastbound, and to Route 4 westbound | |
| 8.4– 9.2 | 5.2– 5.7 | 6 | Java Road / King's Road / Man Hong Street | Entrances to Route 4 westbound via King's Road; Exit from Route 4 eastbound located at Java Road | ||
| Quarry Bay | 9.7– 10.0 | 6.0– 6.2 | 5 | Route 2 | Directional-T interchange | |
| Sai Wan Ho | 11.0 | 6.8 | 3C | Hong On Street / Oi Shun Road | No entrance to Route 4 eastbound | |
| Shau Kei Wan | 12.0 | 7.5 | 3B | Tung Hei Road | Route 4 eastbound exit only, with entrance from Tung Hei Road to Route 4 westbound | |
| 3A | Chai Wan Road | To/from Route 4 westbound | ||||
| 2B | Tung Hei Road | Route 4 westbound exit only | ||||
| 13.0 | 8.1 | 2A | Tung Hei Road | To/from Route 4 eastbound | ||
| — | Shing Tai Road | To Route 4 westbound only | ||||
| Chai Wan | 14.0 | 8.7 | 2 | Wing Tai Road / Shun Tai Road / Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | No access from Route 4 westbound to Wing Tai Road; Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital accessible from Route 4 westbound | |
| 15.0 | 9.3 | 1A | Ning Foo Street | Route 4 westbound exit only | ||
| — | Chai Wan Road / Wan Tsui Road | Roundabout | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- Route map from Transport Department
- Hong Kong Guide 2004, HKSAR Government
- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors. Route 4 (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
External links
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