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| Shing Mun Tunnels, Shing Mun Tunnel Road, Tai Po Road, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, San Tin Highway, Yuen Long Highway, Tuen Mun Road, Cheung Pei Shan Road | |
| File:HK Route9 map.svg Route 9 coloured red | |
| Length: | 70.6 Template:Infobox road/length link/km (Template:Rnd {{Infobox road/length link/Template:Infobox road/length toggle/km}}) |
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| Formed: | 1977 (Tuen Mun Road) |
| From: | Shing Mun Tunnels toll plaza near Wo Yi Hop |
| Beltway around New Territories | |
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| To: | Shing Mun Tunnels toll plaza near Wo Yi Hop |
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Route 9 (Template:Zh), Hong Kong is one of the strategic trunk roads, mostly in the form of an expressway, circumnavigating the New Territories. The route is also known as the New Territories Circular Road (新界環迴公路). Starting from the Shing Mun Tunnels, Route 9 goes in a counter-clockwise direction, linking Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan.
History[]
Route 9 was established after a shake-up of the route number system in January 2004, replacing the old system which had been used since 1974.
Route description[]
Like other strategic routes in Hong Kong, Route 9 consists of several sections.
The section from Tsuen Wan to Sha Tin is derived from the former Route 5, which includes the Shing Mun Tunnels and most of the Tai Po Road - Sha Tin Section. This section was opened in 1990.
Route 9 then runs in a northerly direction via the remaining portion of Tai Po Road - Sha Tin until the Racecourse Interchange, where it continues via the 12.3 km-long Tolo Highway (opened in 1985) to Lam Kam Road Interchange, to the north of Tai Po. The widening of Tolo Highway between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po to a dual 3-lane motorway was completed in 2003.[1] It is built to full British motorway standards (3/4 lanes and a hard shoulder). The Tolo Highway continues as another dual 3-lane expressway, Fanling Highway, which was completed in three stages between 1985 and 1987, running due north and north-west, connecting Tai Po North and Pak Shek Au, near San Tin.
At San Tin Interchange near Lok Ma Chau, Route 9 turns south towards Au Tau, near Yuen Long onto an expressway known as the San Tin Highway. After interchanging with Route 3, Route 9 runs along the Yuen Long Highway to Lam Tei Interchange, followed by Tuen Mun Road, all the way to Tsuen Wan.
At Tsuen Wan, the section of Route 9 linking Chai Wan Kok and Shek Wai Kok was opened on 8 February 2007. Traffic then continues its way back to the Shing Mun Tunnels via the new road and the existing Cheung Pei Shan Road.
Observed roads and exits[]
| Anticlockwise from Tsuen Wan | Clockwise from Tsuen Wan | ||
| Exit | Destination | Exit | Destination |
| Tsuen Wan | |||
| Shing Mun Tunnels | |||
| Shing Mun Tunnel Road | |||
| 1 | Mei Tin Road
Tai Wai |
1 | Tsing Sha Highway / Tai Po Road / Lion Rock Tunnel Road
Tai Wai and Route 8 westbound towards Kowloon and Lantau |
| Tai Po Road - Sha Tin Section | |||
| 2 | Sha Tin Rural Committee Road
Sha Tin Town Centre |
2 | Sha Tin Rural Committee Road
Sha Tin Town Centre |
| 2A | Fo Tan Road
Fo Tan |
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| 2B | Sha Tin Road
Route 1 southbound towards Kowloon | ||
| 2C | Penfold Park | ||
| 2D | Tai Po Road
Chinese University and Kau To |
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| Tolo Highway | |||
| 3 | Sha Tin Racecourse | 3 | Sha Tin Racecourse |
| 3A | Tate's Cairn Highway
Route 2 southbound towards Ma On Shan and Kowloon | ||
| 4 | Chak Cheung Street
Science Park, Ma On Shan and Ma Liu Shui |
4 | Chak Cheung Street
Science Park, Chinese University and Ma Liu Shui |
| 4A | Chong San Road
Pak Shek Kok | ||
| 5 | Tai Po Road / Yuen Shin Road
Tai Po Market and Tai Po Industrial Estate |
5 | Tai Po Road
Tai Po South |
| 5A | Tat Wan Road
Tai Po South |
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| 6 | Tai Po-Tai Wo Road
Tai Po North |
6 | Tai Po-Tai Wo Road
Tai Po North |
| Fanling Highway | |||
| 7 | Lam Kam Road
Hong Lok Yuen, Shek Kong and Yuen Long |
7 | Lam Kam Road
Hong Lok Yuen, Shek Kong and Yuen Long |
| 7A | Kowloon Pass | ||
| 7B | Pak Wo Road
Wo Hop Shek |
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| 7C | Jockey Club Road
Fanling and Sha Tau Kok |
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| 8 | So Kwun Po Road
Sheung Shui and Fanling |
8 | So Kwun Po Road
Sheung Shui and Fanling |
| 9 | Fan Kam Road / Po Shek Wu Road
Man Kam To, Sheung Shui and Yuen Long |
9 | Fan Kam Road / Po Shek Wu Road
Man Kam To and Sheung Shui |
| 9A | Pak Shek Au | ||
| San Tin Highway | |||
| 10 | San Sham Road
Lok Ma Chau |
10 | San Sham Road
Lok Ma Chau |
| 10A | Shek Wu Wai Road
San Tin and Mai Po | ||
| 11 | Fairview Park Boulevard
Fairview Park and Pat Heung |
11 | Fairview Park Boulevard
Fairview Park |
| Yuen Long Highway | |||
| 12 | Tsing Long Highway
Route 3 southbound via Tai Lam Tunnel |
12 | Tsing Long Highway
Route 3 southbound via Tai Lam Tunnel |
| 13 | Castle Peak Road
Yuen Long |
13 | Castle Peak Road
Yuen Long and Kam Tin |
| 14 | Long Tin Road
Tin Shui Wai East |
14 | Long Tin Road
Tin Shui Wai East |
| 15 | Hung Tin Road
Hung Shui Kiu and Tin Shui Wai West |
15 | Hung Tin Road
Hung Shui Kiu and Tin Shui Wai West |
| 16 | Kong Sham Western Highway
Route 10 northbound towards Ha Tsuen and Shekou |
16 | Kong Sham Western Highway
Route 10 northbound towards Ha Tsuen and Shekou |
| 17 | Castle Peak Road
Lingnan University |
17 | Castle Peak Road
Lingnan University and Lam Tei |
| Tuen Mun Road | |||
| 18 | Tsing Tin Road
Tai Hing |
18 | Tsing Tin Road
Tai Hing |
| 19 | Pui To Road
Tuen Mun Town Centre |
19 | Pui To Road
Tuen Mun Town Centre |
| 20 | Tuen Fat Road
Tuen Mun Town Centre |
20 | Tuen Hei Road
Tuen Mun Town Centre |
| 20A | Tuen Hing Road
San Hui | ||
| 21 | Wong Chu Road
Tuen Mun West, Butterfly Bay and Mong Hau Shek |
21 | Wong Chu Road
Tuen Mun West, Butterfly Bay and Mong Hau Shek |
| 22 | Castle Peak Road
Siu Lam |
22 | Castle Peak Road
Siu Lam |
| 23 | Castle Peak Road
Sham Tseng and Ting Kau |
23 | Castle Peak Road
Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau |
| 24 | Ting Kau Bridge
Route 3 southbound towards Kowloon |
24 | Tai Lam Tunnel
Route 3 northbound towards Yuen Long |
| 24A | Tsuen Wan Road
Route 5 eastbound towards Kowloon |
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| Cheung Pei Shan Road | |||
| 24C | Castle Peak Road
Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung | ||
| 25 | Tsuen Kam Interchange
Kam Tin, Tsing Yi and Tai Wo Hau |
25 | Tsuen Kam Interchange
Kam Tin, Tsing Yi and Tai Wo Hau |
| 25A | Wo Yi Hop Road
Kwai Chung | ||
| Tsuen Wan | |||
See also[]
- Transport in Hong Kong
- Fanling Highway
- San Tin Highway
- Tuen Mun Road
- Yuen Long Highway
References[]
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External links[]
- Hong Kong Strategic Route, Exit Number and Chainage Marker System
- Details of Route 9 - Section between Shek Wai Kok and Chai Wan Kok
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- ↑ Template:Cite web