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Route 5
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
	Maintained by Highways Department
Length	17.9 km (11.1 mi)
Existed	29 October 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
Country	China
Special administrative region	Hong Kong
Districts	Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan
Highway system
	Transport in Hong Kong; Routes; Roads and Streets;

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Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a strategic route^[1] in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories where it connects to Route 9. It 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.

Route 5 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 Route 9. In the Tai Kok Tsui section of Route 5, the northbound and southbound lanes are separated. It passes through Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Bay, Hung Hom, Yau Ma Tei, Lai Chi Kok, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan.

Constituent roads

The following roads comprise route 5 (from east to west):

Kai Fuk Road [yue]
Kai Tak Tunnel
East Kowloon Corridor
Chatham Road North
Chatham Road South
Gascoigne Road Flyover
West Kowloon Corridor
- Ferry Street Flyover
- Tong Mi Road Flyover [yue]
- Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover [yue] (West Kowloon Corridor West)
- Tung Chau Street Flyover [yue]
Lai Chi Kok Road
Kwai Chung Road
- Lai Chi Kok Bridge
Tsuen Wan Road

There are plans^[when?] to expand the route to a high-speed roadway^{[citation needed]} to ease congestion within Kowloon to outlying areas in the New Territories and alternate to Route 7.

Observed roads and exits

Westbound towards Tsuen Wan		Eastbound towards Ngau Tau Kok
Exit	Destination	Exit	Destination
Ngau Tau Kok (intersection with Route 7)
Kai Fuk Road
		1A	Wai Yip Street Kwun Tong Business Area
		1B	Kwun Tong Bypass (southbound) Route 2 southbound towards Tseung Kwan O, Yau Tong and Hong Kong (E)
		1C	Wang Kwong Road Kowloon Bay
2	Kai Cheung Road Kowloon Bay and Sau Mau Ping	2	Kai Cheung Road Kowloon Bay and Sau Mau Ping
Kai Tak Tunnel
		2A	Sung Wong Toi Road Kowloon City
East Kowloon Corridor
3	San Shan Road To Kwa Wan	3	San Shan Road To Kwa Wan
		3A	Ma Tau Wai Road To Kwa Wan and Kowloon City
4	Yan Fung Street (closed) Ho Man Tin	4	Ping Chi Street Ho Man Tin
5	Gillies Avenue South Hung Hom	5	Wuhu Street Hung Hom
6	Hong Chong Road Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel	6	Hong Chong Road Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel
6A	Chatham Road South Tsim Sha Tsui
6B	Wylie Road / Jordan Road Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong (W), Lantau
6C	Gascoigne Road Yau Ma Tei
6D	Waterloo Road Yau Ma Tei
		6E	Ferry Street Tsim Sha Tsui
West Kowloon Corridor
7A	Tong Mi Road Tai Kok Tsui
		7B	Tong Mi Road Yau Ma Tei
		7C	Prince Edward Road West Mong Kok
		8B	Lai Chi Kok Road Cheung Sha Wan
		8C	Cheung Sha Wan Road Sham Shui Po
Kwai Chung Road
9	Mei Lai Road Lai Chi Kok, Sha Tin and Tai Po	9	Mei Lai Road Mei Foo, Sha Tin and Tai Po
9A	Lai King Hill Road Lai King
		9B	Ching Cheung Road Route 7 eastbound to Sha Tin, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O
9C	Container Port Road Kwai Chung
		9D	West Kowloon Highway Route 3 southbound to Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (W) and Lantau
Tsuen Wan Road
10	Kwai Tsing Road Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung	10	Kwai Tsing Road Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung
11	Tsing Tsuen Road Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan (S), Airport Express Station, Lantau	11	Tsing Tsuen Road / Texaco Road Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan (S), Airport Express Station, Lantau, Sha Tin
11A	Texaco Road (northbound) Tsuen Wan (E), Sha Tin, Shek Kong
12	Tai Chung Road Tsuen Wan	12	Tai Chung Road Tsuen Wan
Tsuen Wan (intersection with Route 9)

References

Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong

^ "Transport Department - Strategic Route Numbers".

[1] "Transport Department - Strategic Route Numbers".

[1]

@@ Line 28: / Line 28: @@
 [[File:HK YMT Kan Su Street Jade Hawker Bazaar view Yaumatei Carpark Building road bridge 2.JPG|thumb|right|An overhead viaduct carries Route 5 through a parking garage in Yau Ma Tei]]
-'''Route 5''' ([[Chinese language|Chinese:]] 五號幹綫) is [[Hong Kong]] trunk road that runs in an east-west direction across [[Kowloon]] and ends in [[Tsuen Wan]] in the [[New Territories]], where it connects to Route 9. It 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.
+'''Route 5''' ([[Chinese languages|Chinese:]] 五號幹綫) is a strategic route<ref>{{cite web|title=Transport Department - Strategic Route Numbers|url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/road_safety/road_users_code/index/chapter_8_the_language_of_the_road/major_road_route_numbers_/index.html}}</ref> in [[Hong Kong]] from eastern to western [[Kowloon]] and [[New Kowloon]], and ends in [[Tsuen Wan]] in the [[New Territories]] where it connects to Route 9. It 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.
-Route 5 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)|Route 9]]. In the [[Tai Kok Tsui]] section of the Route 5, the two lanes are separated. It passes through [[Ngau Tau Kok]], Kowloon Bay, [[Hung Hom]], [[Yau Ma Tei]], [[Lai Chi Kok]], [[Kwai Chung]] and Tsuen Wan.
+Route 5 begins in the east from [[Kowloon Bay (area)|Kowloon Bay]] westwards via [[central Kowloon]] to [[Yau Ma Tei]]. From Yau Ma Tei, the road heads north to Tsuen Wan and meets [[Route 9 (Hong Kong)|Route 9]]. In the [[Tai Kok Tsui]] section of Route 5, the northbound and southbound lanes are separated. It passes through [[Ngau Tau Kok]], Kowloon Bay, [[Hung Hom]], [[Yau Ma Tei]], [[Lai Chi Kok]], [[Kwai Chung]] and Tsuen Wan.
 ==Constituent roads==
-The following roads comprise route 5:
+The following roads comprise route 5 (from east to west):
-*'''Kai Fuk Road'''
+* {{ill|Kai Fuk Road|yue|啓福道}}
-*[[Kai Tak Tunnel]]
+* [[Kai Tak Tunnel]]
-*[[East Kowloon Corridor]]
+* [[East Kowloon Corridor]]
-*[[Chatham Road North]]
+* [[Chatham Road North]]
-*[[West Kowloon Corridor]]
+* [[Chatham Road South]]
-*[[Lai Chi Kok Road]]
+* [[Gascoigne Road|Gascoigne Road Flyover]]
-*[[Kwai Chung Road]]
+* [[West Kowloon Corridor]]
+** {{ill|Ferry Street, Hong Kong|lt=Ferry Street Flyover|yue|渡船街天橋}}
-*[[Tsuen Wan Road]]
+** {{ill|Tong Mi Road|lt=Tong Mi Road Flyover|yue|塘尾道}}
+** {{ill|Tai Kok Tsui Road|lt=Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover|yue|大角嘴道}} (West Kowloon Corridor West)
+** {{ill|Tung Chau Street|lt=Tung Chau Street Flyover|yue|通州街}}
+* [[Lai Chi Kok Road]]
+* [[Kwai Chung Road]]
+** [[Lai Chi Kok Bridge]]
+* [[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)|Route 7]].
+There are plans{{when|date=December 2021}} {{fact-span|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)|Route 7]].
 ==Observed roads and exits==
@@ Line 68: / Line 75: @@
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |style="width:50px"|1B
-|style="width:250px"|'''Kwun Tong Bypass''' ''(southbound)''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Kwun Tong Bypass]]''' ''(southbound)''
 [[Route 2 (Hong Kong)|Route 2]] southbound towards [[Tseung Kwan O]], Yau Tong and Hong Kong (E)
 |-
@@ Line 101: / Line 108: @@
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |style="width:50px"|3A
-|style="width:250px"|'''Ma Tau Wai Road'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Ma Tau Wai Road]]'''
 To Kwa Wan and [[Kowloon City]]
 |-
@@ Line 126: / Line 133: @@
 |-
 |style="width:50px"|6A
-|style="width:250px"|'''Chatham Road South'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Chatham Road South]]'''
 [[Tsim Sha Tsui]]
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |-
 |style="width:50px"|6B
-|style="width:250px"|'''Wylie Road''' / '''[[Jordan Road, Hong Kong|Jordan Road]]'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Wylie Road]]''' / '''[[Jordan Road, Hong Kong|Jordan Road]]'''
 Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong (W), [[Lantau Island|Lantau]]
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |-
 |style="width:50px"|6C
-|style="width:250px"|'''Gascoigne Road'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Gascoigne Road]]'''
 [[Yau Ma Tei]]
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
@@ Line 153: / Line 160: @@
 |-
 |style="width:50px"|7A
-|style="width:250px"|'''Tong Mi Road'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Tong Mi|Tong Mi Road]]'''
 [[Tai Kok Tsui]]
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
@@ Line 164: / Line 171: @@
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |style="width:50px"|7C
-|style="width:250px"|'''Prince Edward Road West'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Prince Edward Road West]]'''
 [[Mong Kok]]
 |-
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |style="width:50px"|8B
-|style="width:250px"|'''Lai Chi Kok Road'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[Lai Chi Kok Road]]'''
 [[Cheung Sha Wan]]
 |-
@@ Line 203: / Line 210: @@
 |style="width:300px" colspan="2"|
 |style="width:50px"|9D
-|style="width:250px"|'''West Kowloon Highway'''
+|style="width:250px"|'''[[West Kowloon Highway]]'''
 [[Route 3 (Hong Kong)|Route 3]] southbound to Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (W) and Lantau
 |-
@@ Line 243: / Line 250: @@
 ==References==
 * [http://www.ecosystems-ltd.com/roads-hk.htm#r5 Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong]
+{{Reflist}}
 {{commons category|Route 5, Hong Kong}}

v t e Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
Route 1 Route 2 Route 3 Route 4 Route 5 Route 6 (under construction) Route 7 Route 8 Route 9 Route 10 Route 11 (proposed)
Route 5	Kai Fuk Road [yue] Kai Tak Tunnel East Kowloon Corridor Chatham Road North Chatham Road South West Kowloon Corridor Gascoigne Road Flyover Ferry Street Flyover Tong Mi Road Flyover Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover (West Kowloon Corridor West) Tung Chau Street Flyover Lai Chi Kok Road Kwai Chung Road Lai Chi Kok Bridge Tsuen Wan Road Kwai Tsing Interchange [yue] Tsuen Tsing Interchange

Revision as of 09:59, 16 December 2022

Constituent roads

Observed roads and exits

See also

References