Pok Fu Lam Road
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 Pok Fu Lam Road near Li Sing Primary School | |
| Length | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) 5.0 km (3.1 mi) two-way, 0.1 km (0.062 mi) one-way |
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| South end | Shek Pai Wan Road |
| North end | Queen's Road West |
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| Chinese | 薄扶林道 | ||||||||||
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Pokfulam Road, or Pok Fu Lam Road, is a four-lane road in Hong Kong. Built on Hong Kong Island, the road runs between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam.
Description
It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing The University of Hong Kong along the Belcher's, with a road junction with Pokfield Road. The vegetation in this area is largely preserved, unlike many roads in the urban built-up areas of Hong Kong. Further south, the Pok Fu Lam playground, a public playground, is located near the junction with Mount Davis Road in Mount Davis. Down the road, Queen Mary Hospital, a large hospital complex, borders the junction with Sassoon Road and Bisney Road. Recently, the junction was renovated into a large intersection with highway loops, to ease traffic congestion. Further down the road, there is a large reservoir, a school for the blind, a vocational education centre and two large housing complexes: Chi Fu Fa Yuen and Pokfulam Gardens. The road ends at the Pokfulam Fire Station.
Spelling
The road name is always spelled as Three words Pok Fu Lam Road (see road sign above), and not Pokfulam Road. Many of its traditionally expatriate residents pronounce it Pok Fulham (as in the London borough). The road is more commonly referred to as Pok Fu Lam in Cantonese.
Along Pokfulam Road is one of the more recent property developments, The Belcher's, built in 2000–2001.
Intersections
Listed from south to north.
| District | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Southern | Waterfall Bay | 0.0– 0.2 | 0.0– 0.12 | Wah Fu Road / Shek Pai Wan Road | Trumpet interchange; Southern terminus |
| 0.3 | 0.19 | Victoria Road | |||
| Pok Fu Lam | 0.5– 0.7 | 0.31– 0.43 | Chi Fu Road | Trumpet interchange | |
| 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | Chi Fu Road | Modified trumpet interchange | ||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road | |||
| Sandy Bay | 2.3– 2.5 | 1.4– 1.6 | Sassoon Road | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Bisney Road | Northbound only | ||
| Central and Western | Kennedy Town | 3.3 | 2.1 | Mount Davis Road / Smithfield | |
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Pokfield Road | |||
| Shek Tong Tsui | 4.3 | 2.7 | Hill Road Flyover to  Route 4 east | Northbound only | |
| 4.5– 4.6 | 2.8– 2.9 | Hill Road / Bonham Road | No access from southbound to eastbound Bonham Road | ||
| 4.6 | 2.9 | Third Street | Northbound only | ||
| Sai Ying Pun | 4.8 | 3.0 | Kui Yan Lane | Pedestrianized | |
| Water Street | |||||
| High Street | |||||
| 4.9 | 3.0 | Rose Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| Third Street | |||||
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Second Street | Two-way street ends | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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One-way section
Listed from north to south. The entire road is in Sai Ying Pun, Central and Western District.
| km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | Queen's Road West | |||
| 0.03 | 0.019 | Sam To Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| 0.05 | 0.031 | First Street | |||
| 0.08 | 0.050 | Sai Wa Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| 0.10 | 0.062 | Second Street | End of one-way street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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22°15′29″N 114°08′12″E / 22.25798°N 114.13674°E
See also
- Ricci Hall, located at No. 93 Pok Fu Lam Road
- Béthanie, located at No. 139 Pok Fu Lam Road
- University Hall, located at No. 144 Pok Fu Lam Road, a student hall of the University of Hong Kong
- List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors. Pok Fu Lam Road (Two-way street) (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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External links
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