- Route 5 (Hong Kong)
Infobox road
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highway_name=Route 5
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route=5
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length=17.9km
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established=1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge)
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starting_terminus=Ngau Tau Kok
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junction=29
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ending_terminus=Tsuen Wan
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cities=Hong Kong
system=Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
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browse=Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a route artery in
Hong Kong from eastern to westernKowloon andNew Kowloon , and ends in Tsuen Wan in theNew Territories , linking Route 9.Part one of the road begins in the east from
Kowloon Bay westwards via central Kowloon to Yau Ma Tei.From Yau Ma Tei the road heads north to Tsuen Wan and meets with
Route 9 (Hong Kong) .Areas passing through by Route 5 includes:
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Ngau Tau Kok
*Kowloon Bay
*Hung Hom
*Yau Ma Tei
*Lai Chi Kok
*Kwai Chung
*Tsuen Wan Roads that are part of it:
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Kwun Tong Road
*Kai Fuk Road
*Airport Tunnel
*East Kowloon Corridor
*Chatham Road North
*Gascoigne Road Flyover
*Ferry Street Flyover
*Tong Mi Road and Flyover
*Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover
*West Kowloon Corridor
*Lai Chi Kok Road
*Kwai Chung Road
*Tsuen Wan Road There are plans to expand the route to a highspeed roadway to ease congestion within Kowloon to outlying areas in the New Territories and alternate to
Route 7 (Hong Kong) .Observed roads and exits
References
* [http://www.ecosystems-ltd.com/roads-hk.htm#r5 Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong]
ee also
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Tsuen Wan Road
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