Causeway Road () is a main road in

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. Situated in

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres. Th ...

, it joins Yee Wo Street in the west and

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. It is a boundary of Eastern District and

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. North side of the road is Victoria Park in Eastern District while in the Wan Chai District in the south are Queen's College and

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History

The road was evolved from a

causeway A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet Tr ...

across

(Tung Lo Wan) in the mid-19th century. Before the construction of the road, another road

Tung Lo Wan Road Tung Lo Wan Road () is a road in Causeway Bay and Tai Hang on the north side of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The road joins east with King's Road, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Road and west with Yee Wo Street, Irving Street, Leighton Road a ...

was the only road connecting two side of the bay. In 1883,

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reclaimed the bay within the causeway and the causeway was renovated as Causeway along the sea shore. Its Cantonese name (''ko sze wai dou'') was after the English pronunciation of the road.

Trams A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport ar ...

run to and from the

embankment Embankment may refer to: Geology and geography * A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea * Embankment (earthworks), a raised bank to carry a road, railway ...

. In 1951, the north of road was reclaimed for Victoria Park.

Features

* Causeway Bay Sports Ground () *

* Queen's College * Victoria Park * 3 stops of

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: Shelter Street Stop, Victoria Park Stop, Hing Fat Street Stop

External links

Google Maps of Causeway Road
{{HKislandroads Causeway Bay Roads in Hong Kong

History

Features

See also

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