Route 5 (Hong Kong)

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: 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
Districts: Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

← Route 4Route 6 →
An overhead viaduct carries route 5 through a parking garage in Yau Ma Tei

Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a route artery in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, linking Route 9.

Part one of the road 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).

In the Tai Kok Tsui section of the Route 5 the two lanes are separated.

Route 5 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.

Areas passing through by Route 5 includes:

Roads that are part of it:

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).

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)

See also

References

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