Clear Water Bay Road () is a major road from Choi Hung Interchange in
Ngau Chi Wan to
Clear Water Bay
Clear Water Bay () is a bay on the eastern shore of Clear Water Bay Peninsula of Hong Kong, located within Clear Water Bay Country Park. There are two beaches at Clear Water Bay: "Clear Water Bay First Beach" and "Clear Water Bay Second Beach". ...
,
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of lan ...
. It also is a route to
Sai Kung Town and
Tseung Kwan O via
Hiram's Highway and
Hang Hau Road /
Ying Yip Road respectively. An expressway deviation, New Clear Water Bay Road (), 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
Clear Water Bay Road begins at Ngau Chi Wan at the junction with
Lung Cheung Road,
Prince Edward Road East
Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside the retired Kai Tak Airport).
The ro ...
and
Kwun Tong Road
Kwun Tong Road () is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Location
Kwun Tong Road starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan. It runs along the co ...
near
MTR
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Choi Hung station. It then is bypassed by the newer deviation, running past
Choi Wan Estate and
Fei Ngo Shan south of
Kowloon Peak and reaches
Cha Liu Au (). 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
Pik Uk () is a small village in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Location
Pik Uk is located on Clear Water Bay Road, roughly halfway between Ping Shek Estate and the Hang Hau Road roundabout, adjacent to Razor Hill, and not far from ...
and runs downhill to
Tai Po Tsai. 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
Sheung Sze Wan () is a bay of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
Sheung Sze Wan is also the name of a village located on the western shore of the bay.
Villages
Villages in the area include:
* Ha Yeung
* Ha Yeung New Vil ...
, and reaches
Tai Au Mun. The road ends south in
Tai Hang Tun
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Arts and entertainment
*Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain
*Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless''
*Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon''
Businesses and organisations ...
().
New Clear Water Bay Road
New Clear Water Bay Road is an expressway deviation of Clear Water Bay Road in
Kowloon
Kowloon () is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon. With a population of 2,019,533 and a population density of in 2006, it is the most populous area in Hong Kong, compared with Hong Kong Island and t ...
near
Choi Wan Estate and
Shun Lee Estate
Shun Lee () is an area north of Sau Mau Ping and east of Ngau Chi Wan in Hong Kong. The area was originally known as Rennie's Farm. It is later named after the first public housing estate in the area, Shun Lee Estate. It is also known as Sze ...
. For the section below Kowloon Peak, Clear Water Bay 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
A country park is a natural area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.
United Kingdom
History
In the United Kingdom, the term ''country park'' has a special meaning. There are around 250 recognised coun ...
in Sai Kung, the
Hong Kong Government
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong Special administrative regions of China, ...
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
See also
*
List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
The following are incomplete lists of notable expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, Town square, squares and bazaars in Hong Kong.
Many roads on the Hong Kong Island conform to the contours of the hill landscape. S ...
References
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Roads in New Kowloon
Clear Water Bay
Ngau Chi Wan