Castle Peak Road

Castle Peak Road

Chinese|title=Castle Peak Road (Kowloon portion)
c=青山道|p=Qīngshān Dào|j=cing1 saan1 dou6|y=ching1 saan1 dou6
altname=Castle Peak Road (New Territories portion)
c2=青山公路|p2=Qīngshān Gōnglù|j2=cing1 saan1 gung1 lou6|y2=ching1 saan1 gung1 lou6

Castle Peak Road is the longest road in Hong Kong. It runs from Kowloon to the very north of the New Territories, serving south, west and north New Territories. It is also along distant roads in early Hong Kong

Name

The road was named after Castle Peak, a peak in the western New Territories. The area to the east of the peak was hence named Castle Peak. Later at the dawn of the development of new town, the area was renamed to its old name, Tuen Mun.

The road was originally known in Chinese as "Tsing Shan To" (青山道) for its entire length. The Chinese name of the section of the road in the New Territories was later changed to "Tsing Shan Kung Lo" (青山公路), "lit." Castle Peak public road (or Castle Peak Highway).

Route

Kowloon

The road starts east at Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po and passes through Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok in Kowloon. On both sides of the road are old residential blocks, with some dated back to pre-World War II. Towards Lai Chi Kok, it is surrounded by industrial buildings instead.

New Territories

After leaving Kowloon, it goes uphill to Kwai Chung and downhill to Tsuen Wan.

Next, it goes along the south shore of the New Territories, via Yau Kam Tau, Ting Kau, Sham Tseng, Tsing Lung Tau, Tai Lam, Siu Lam and So Kwun Wat in that order. It then reaches the Tuen Mun New Town, which was also known as Castle Peak (after which the road was named).

It continues northward into Lam Tei, Hung Shui Kiu, Ping Shan and reaches another new town, Yuen Long New Town. It then turns north in Au Tau, just west of Kam Tin. It then passes by Mai Po, San Tin, Pak Shek Au and Kwu Tung before terminating at Sheung Shui.

ee also

* Hoh Fuk Tong Centre
* List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

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