Summary
Tai Po Road (Chinese: 大埔公路; pinyin: Dà bù gōnglù) is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.
| Tai Po Road | |
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| 大埔公路 | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 21.9 km (13.6 mi) 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Tai Wo section 1.1 km (0.68 mi) Yuen Chau Tsai section 3.6 km (2.2 mi) Tai Po Kau section 2.8 km (1.7 mi) Ma Liu Shui section 4.0 km (2.5 mi) Sha Tin section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Tai Wai section 3.3 km (2.1 mi) Sha Tin Heights section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Piper's Hill section 3.1 km (1.9 mi) Section in Kowloon |
| Existed | 1902–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Cheung Sha Wan Road at Mong Kok |
Castle Peak Road at Sham Shui Po Route 7 at Lai Chi Kok Route 8 at Tai Wai Route 9 from Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui Route 1 at Fo Tan Route 9 at Island House | |
| North end | Kwong Fuk Road/Nam Wan Road at Tai Po South |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
| Highway system | |
| Tai Po Road (Kowloon portion) | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大埔道 | ||||||||||
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| Tai Po Road (New Territories portion) | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 大埔公路 | ||||||||||
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Location edit
The road begins at Nathan Road near Sham Shui Po, runs through the valley between Golden Hill and Beacon Hill, and connects to Sha Tin. It then continues northward along Sha Tin Hoi and Tai Po Hoi.
History edit
Built in 1902, Tai Po Road is one of the earliest major roads in the New Territories. Until the completion of the Lion Rock Tunnel in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting the New Territories with Kowloon.[1] Before the construction of the Fanling Highway in the 1980s, the road connected Fanling and Sheung Shui.
On 10 February 2018, at approximately 18:13 HKT, a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) double-decker bus flipped onto its side on Tai Po Road. The crash killed 19 people and injured 65.
The incident was Hong Kong's second deadliest road traffic accident, behind a 2003 incident on Tuen Mun Road that killed 21.[2]
Gallery edit
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Tai Po Road Piper's Hill Section in June 2008 -
Tai Po Road Sha Tin Section in March 2014
See also edit
- 2018 Hong Kong bus accident
- List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
- Castle Peak Road
- Mang Gui Kiu
- North Kowloon Magistracy, located at No. 292 Tai Po Road
References edit
- ^ Cheng Siu Kei, "Making of a New Town: Urbanisation in Tai Po", Tai Po Book p. 271
- ^ "Hong Kong bus overturns, killing at least 19 people". The Guardian. Agence-France Presse. 10 February 2018.
External links edit
- Google Maps of Tai Po Road:
- All sections except Tai Wo (大窩段)
- Tai Wo section (大窩段)
| Preceded by Shing Mun Tunnel Road |
Hong Kong Route 9 Tai Po Road — Sha Tin |
Succeeded by Tolo Highway |
22°23′20″N 114°11′37″E / 22.38893°N 114.19353°E