Wong Chuk Hang Road

Wong Chuk Hang Road
黃竹坑道
Part of Route 1
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length 1.3 km (0.8 mi)
History Opened 1848
Named August 4, 1961
Major junctions
West end Aberdeen Praya Road
  5 in total
East end Aberdeen Tunnel
Location
Districts Southern
Major cities Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Highway system
Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
Junction of Ocean Park and Wong Chuk Hang Roads.

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.

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

Flyover

A flyover 550 metres long with 4 lanes passes over Wong Chuk Hang Road. The construction for the flyover cost 35.8 billion Hong Kong dollars. Construction began in October 1988, 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] Exit Destinations[3] Notes
0.0 Aberdeen Praya Road - Aberdeen Southern terminus; end of Route 1
0.1 1 Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road - Ap Lei Chau Northbound exit and southbound entrance from and to Aberdeen Praya Road
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
1.6 4 Island 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 Aberdeen Tunnel - North Point, Central, Wan Chai, Kowloon & Causeway Bay Happy Valley terminus; Route 1 continues
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ "Open Source Routing Machine". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Google Maps Street View". Google. 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

Wong Chuk Hang Road		 Succeeded by
Aberdeen Tunnel

Coordinates: 22°14′55″N 114°09′41″E / 22.24867°N 114.16142°E / 22.24867; 114.16142

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