Wong Chuk Hang Road

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HK Route1.svg
Wong Chuk Hang Road
黃竹坑道
Part of Route 1
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length1.3 km (0.81 mi)
HistoryOpened 1848[ citation needed ]
Named 4 August 1961
Major junctions
West end Aberdeen Praya Road
Major intersections5 in total
East end Aberdeen Tunnel
Location
Country China
Special administrative region Hong Kong
Districts Southern
Major cities Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Highway system
Junction of Ocean Park and Wong Chuk Hang Roads in September 2007. Wong Chuk Hang Road 1.jpg
Junction of Ocean Park and Wong Chuk Hang Roads in September 2007.

Wong Chuk Hang Road (Chinese :黃竹坑道) is a major thoroughfare in Hong Kong Island. It is part of Hong Kong's Route 1. It is a 6-lane major thoroughfare.

Contents

Wong Chuk Hang Road connects Aberdeen Praya Road and Aberdeen Tunnel.

Flyover

A flyover 550 metres (600 yd) long with 4 lanes passes over Wong Chuk Hang Road. The construction for the flyover cost 358 million Hong Kong dollars. Construction began in October 1998, and ended in December 2001.

Interchanges

The section of Route 1 that runs through Wong Chuk Hang Road has 4 exits. They are numbered 1A, 2, 3, and 4. The entire road is in Wong Chuk Hang, Southern District.

Wong Chuk Hang Road
km [1] [2] ExitDestinations [3] Notes
0.0 Aberdeen Praya Road  - Aberdeen Southern terminus; end of HK Route1.svg Route 1
0.11Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road - Ap Lei Chau Northbound exit and southbound entrance from and to Aberdeen Praya Road
0.21AHeung Yip RoadSouthbound exit and entrance only
0.72Nam Long Shan Road - Wong Chuk Hang
1.23Ocean Park Road - Ocean Park, Nam Long Shan
1.64Island Road / Nam Fung Road  - Repulse Bay, Shouson Hill, Stanley; Wong Nai Chung Gap Southbound exit and northbound entrance limited to only Island Road
2.3 HK Tunnel.svg Aberdeen Tunnel  - North Point, Central, Wan Chai, Kowloon & Causeway Bay Happy Valley terminus; HK Route1.svg Route 1 continues
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. "Open Source Routing Machine" . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. "Google Maps Street View". Google Maps. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  3. "Route Diagram - Route 1". Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong . Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Preceded by
Aberdeen Praya Road
Hong Kong Route 1
HK Route1.svg
Wong Chuk Hang Road
Succeeded by
Aberdeen Tunnel

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