Hennessy Road () is a thoroughfare on

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. It connects

Yee Wo Street Yee Wo Street () is a street in East Point and Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Its junction with Hennessy Road is one of the busiest junctions in Hong Kong. Name Yeewo was the Cantonese name of a Qing Dynasty hong established by W ...

on the east in

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...

, at the junction with East Point Road,

Jardine's Bazaar Jardine's Bazaar () is a road located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. The road was named after William Jardine, when Jardine Matheson acquired the land in the area. The road ends at the junction of Hennessy Road, Yee Wo Street, Jardine's Crescent an ...

and

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, through Bowrington, to Queensway on its western end in

Wan Chai Wan Chai is situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road, Hong Kong, Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to th ...

. It is a two-way road with two to three lanes of traffic on each side, which is shared by tram services. The road was built in the 20th century and is in length. The road is named after

John Pope Hennessy Sir John Pope Hennessy (; 8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius. Early life John Pope Henness ...

, the

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between 1877 and 1882. The portion of the road passing through

was one of the locations occupied during the

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Landmarks

Sogo Hong Kong Sogo Hong Kong () is one of Hong Kong's largest department stores. First established by Japanese retailers, Sogo Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社そごう), the department store is now owned by Lifestyle International Holdings (). In addition ...

– department store at 555 Hennessy Road, since 1985 *

Hysan Place Hysan Place () is a shopping centre and office building at 500 Hennessy Road, Lee Garden, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. It was developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of and was designed by international architecture fir ...

– shopping mall and office building at 500 Hennessy Road. It is developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of Hennessy Centre and is due for completion in August 2012.

Transport

The tram once set up its terminal at the end of this street in 20th century (the former site of the

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). It now passes through the street to both ends of the

. Due to heavy congestion during peak hours, long haul bus routes are not routed through the road.

References

Wan Chai Causeway Bay Roads on Hong Kong Island {{HongKong-road-stub

Landmarks

Transport

See also

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