Clear Water Bay Road

Clear Water Bay Road

The Start of Clear Water Bay Road in Ngau Chi Wan.
Length 14.2 km (8.8 mi)
South end Clear Water Bay Country Park
Major
junctions
Hiram's Highway
North end Lung Cheung Road
Construction
Completion 1932

Clear Water Bay Road (Chinese: 清水灣道) is a major road from a complex interchange in Ngau Chi Wan to a dead end in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung District. It also is a route to Sai Kung Town and Tseung Kwan O via Hang Hau Road and Hiram's Highway respectively. An expressway deviation, New Clear Water Bay Road (新清水灣道), bypasses a steep, winding, 1 in 6 alignment of Clear Water Bay Road near Shun Lee and Fei Ngo Shan.

In 1932, Clear Water Bay Road began from Kowloon City. In 1963, part of the road was renamed Choi Hung Road and Prince Edward Road East.

Description

The Flyover

Clear Water Bay Road begins at Ngau Chi Wan at the junction with Lung Cheung Road, Prince Edward Road East and Kwun Tong Road near MTR Choi Hung Station. It then is bypassed by the newer the deviation, running past Choi Wan Estate and Fei Ngo Shan south of Kowloon Peak and reaches Cha Liu Au (茶寮凹). It then merges with the new road then continues as a four-lane expressway east to Tseng Lan Shue, Pak Shek Wo and Pik Uk and runs downhill to Tai Po Tsai and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. There is an interchange to Sai Kung with the Hiram's Highway. It continues southward toward the Clear Water Bay Peninsula and junctions Ying Yip Road and Hang Hau Road (to Tseung Kwan O) at a complex roundabout near Silverstrand. The road continues south-east to Sheung Sze Wan, and reaches Tai Au Mun. The road ends south in Tai Hang Tun (大坑墩).

New Clear Water Bay Road

New Clear Water Bay Road is an expressway deviation of Clear Water Bay Road in Kowloon near Choi Wan Estate and Shun Lee Estate. For the section below Kowloon Peak, Clear Water Road is very steep and reaches the ratio of 1 in 6 It is difficult for buses ascending the incline. With the ever increasing usage of the road due to population increases and the establishment of a country park in Sai Kung, the Hong Kong Government decided to build a new expressway diverging from the junction near Choi Wan Estate, then junctions with Shun Lee Tsuen Road at Shun Lee, then loops back over itself to climb the steep hill and then rejoins the original road at the junction with Anderson Road near Cha Liu Au. The new road was completed in 1980. The loop flyover runs from the hill north of Jordan Valley to Kowloon Peak, and it was the highest bridge in Hong Kong at that time.

Intersections

DistrictLocationkm[1]miDestinationsNotes
Sai Kung0.00.0Clear Water Bay Country ParkCul-de-sac
1.30.81Lung Ha Wan Road
1.40.87Tai Au Mun RoadRoundabout
1.71.1Sheung Sze Wan Road
1.91.2Ha Yeung San Tsuen Road
2.21.4Leung Fai Tin Lower Road
2.31.4Leang Fai Tin Upper Road
2.51.6Ha Yeung Road
3.01.9Pak To Avenue
3.52.2Pan Lo Wan Road
4.22.6Hang Hau Wing Lung Road
4.93.0Mang Kung Uk Road
Hang Hau5.13.2Pik Sha Road
5.43.4Silver Cape Road
5.83.6Hang Hau Road / Ying Yip Road / Silverstrand Beach RoadRoundabout
6.74.2A Kung Wan Road
7.04.3Ngan Ying Road
8.05.0University Avenue
8.2–
8.6
5.1–
5.3
Hiram's HighwayDirectional-T interchange
Pik Uk9.76.0Razor Hill Road
10.06.2Pak Shek Toi RoadWestbound only
Tseng Lan Shue10.46.5Pak Shek Wo Shan Tsuen Road
10.56.5Ka Shue RoadEastbound only
10.66.6Kam Shue RoadWestbound only
11.16.9Tan Shan RoadEastbound only
Sai KungKwun Tong
district border
Jordan Valley11.97.4On Sau Road
12.17.5New Clear Water Bay Road
12.37.6Fei Ngo Shan Road
Kwun TongWong Tai Sin
district border
12.67.8New Clear Water Bay RoadWestbound lane to eastbound New Clear Water Bay Road
13.08.1Jat's Incline
Wong Tai SinNgau Chi Wan13.38.3Fung Shing Street
Kwun TongWong Tai Sin
district border
13.78.5New Clear Water Bay Road
Wong Tai Sin14.28.8Lung Cheung Road to Route 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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Coordinates: 22°20′04″N 114°13′47″E / 22.33456°N 114.22966°E / 22.33456; 114.22966

References

  1. Google (9 May 2016). "Clear Water Bay Road" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
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