Lung_Cheung_Road

Lung Cheung Road

Lung Cheung Road

Highway in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Lung Cheung Road (Chinese: 龍翔道) is a major road in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It forms part of Route 7 linking Kwun Tong Road at Ngau Chi Wan and Ching Cheung Road near Tai Wo Ping. It is a dual 3-lane carriageway running in the east-west direction for its entire length.

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Lung Cheung Road near Wong Tai Sin.

Kwun Tong (connected by Kwun Tong Road) in Eastern Kowloon was the main manufacturing centre of Hong Kong during the 1960s. To provide a more efficient link to the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals and Tsuen Wan, two roads were built along the hills to the north of developed Kowloon. Tai Po Road's New Territories and New Kowloon parts divide between Ching Cheung Road and Lung Cheung Road.

The section of between Wong Tai Sin and Choi Hung of the Kwun Tong line was built under the road.

History

Lung Cheung Road opened to traffic on 24 June 1961.[1]

Major junctions

See also

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References

  1. [1]
    "KOWLOON BY-PASS ROAD OPEN". South China Morning Post. 25 June 1961. p. 4.
Preceded by
Kwun Tong Road		 Hong Kong Route 7

Lung Cheung Road		 Succeeded by
Ching Cheung Road

22°20′33.3″N 114°11′08.9″E


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