Castle Peak Road (青山公路 for New Territories sections, 青山道 for Kowloon section) is the longest highway in Hong Kong with a total length of 56 kilometres. Starting from the Kowloon section in Sham Shui Po, it passes through Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan, Ting Kau, Sham Tseng, Tai Lam, Siu Lam, Tuen Mun, Lam Tei, Hung Shui Kiu, Yuen Long, Mai Po, Lok Ma Chau, Kwu Tung and Sheung Shui, and it is the second highway in Hong Kong to be constructed, which was opened to traffic one after another in the 1910's, and it has completed more than a century of history.
Castle Peak Road is prefixed with the number CA07 at all KMB stops along the route. Castle Peak Road is also the main route for red minibuses travelling to and from the urban areas in Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun and Yuen Long.
History[]
When Castle Peak Road was first opened in the 1910s, the distance between individual buildings and the Tsim Sha Tsui (Star Ferry) was originally marked by miles, such as "13 miles on Castle Peak Road" for Anglers' Beach and "18¾ miles on Castle Peak Road" for Old Cafeteria Beach.
In the past, when the road network in New Territories West was not well developed, Castle Peak Road was the essential route between New Territories West and Kowloon. From the 1960s onwards, a number of trunk roads such as Kwai Chung Road, Tuen Mun Road, Yuen Long Highway, San Tin Highway, etc. were completed one after another, and the importance of Castle Peak Road declined year by year due to the more direct routes of these new trunk roads, and in 1968, Castle Peak Road was subdivided into a number of sections.
However, most sections of Castle Peak Road are served by various bus routes, which provide passengers with scenic views of the rural areas of the western New Territories. In addition, as public light buses cannot access Tuen Mun Road, Yuen Long Highway, San Tin Highway and Fanling Highway, which are expressways, Castle Peak Road has become an essential route for public light buses travelling between Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and Sheung Shui.
The Government started to assess the traffic flow of Castle Peak Road in 1994 and has been carrying out widening works in two phases since 2001. The first phase of the road section from Tsuen Wan West (Belvedere Garden) in Tsuen Wan to Ka Loon Tsuen (Tsing Lung Tau) was funded in 2001 and completed in mid-2006, while the second phase of the road section from Ka Loon Tsuen to Siu Lam was funded in 2004 and completed in mid-2007. [1][2]
Section introduction[]
| Section name | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section name | First connecting point | Second connecting point | Remarks | |
| Kowloon section (also named Castle Peak Road) | Tai Po Road, Sham Shui Po | Butterfly Valley Interchange | Southern end, most of the road is one-way traffic | |
| Kwai Chung | Butterfly Valley Interchange | Under Texaco Road flyover | A section between Cheung Wing Road and Texaco Road is the boundary between Tsuen Wan District and Kwai Tsing District | |
| Tsuen Wan | Under Texaco Road flyover | Greenview Terrace, Yau Kom Tau | ||
| Ting Kau | Hoi On Road | Gemini Beaches, Sham Tseng | The section between Approach Beach and Ting Kau was split into the "New Ting Kau" section after improvement | |
| Sham Tseng | Gemini Beaches, Sham Tseng | Angler's Beach Pier, Sham Tseng | ||
| Tsing Lung Tau | Angler's Beach Pier, Sham Tseng | Boundary between Tuen Mun District and Tsuen Wan District | ||
| Tai Lam | Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan boundary | Tsing Lung Road roundabout | Its branch "New Tai Lam" section runs parallel to Tuen Mun Road | |
| So Kwun Wat | Tsing Lung Road roundabout | Kwun Tsing Road, So Kwun Wat | ||
| Castle Peak Bay | Kwun Tsing Road, So Kwun Wat | Pui To Road | ||
| San Hui | Pui To Road | Siu Hong Station (South) access | ||
| Lingnan | Siu Hong Station (South) Public Transport Interchange access | Lam Tei Interchange | Added in the 1990s | |
| Lam Tei | Lam Tei Interchange | Shun Tat Street, Lam Tei | ||
| Hung Shui Kiu | Shun Tat Street, Lam Tei | Tai Tao Tsuen access | Spanning between Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District | |
| Ping Shan | Tai Tao Tsuen access | Ma Miu Road and Yuen Long Tai Yuk Road | ||
| Yuen Long | Ma Miu Road and Yuen Long Tai Yuk Road | Au Tau Interchange (Kam Tin Road) | A section within Yuen Long Town is also named "Yuen Long Main Road" | |
| Tam Mi | Au Tau Interchange (Kam Tin Road) | Yau Pok Road, Ngau Tam Mei | ||
| Mai Po | Yau Pok Road, Ngau Tam Mei | Tam Kon Chau Road, Mai Po | ||
| San Tin | Tam Kon Chau Road, Mai Po | Lok Ma Chau Road | Lok Ma Chau Huang Bus Terminus is located here | |
| Chau Tau | Lok Ma Chau Road | Ho Sheung Heung Road, Kwu Tung | Spanning between Yuen Long District and North District | |
| Kwu Tung | Ho Sheung Heung Road, Kwu Tung | Fan Kam Road, Sheung Shui | Northern end | |
Related Articles[]
- Tai Po Road
- Sha Tau Kok Road
Notes and References[]
External Links[]
- 圖片專輯系列之：香港近年沿海而建的大型公路工程－青山公路擴濶計劃 (Photo Album Series: Widening of Castle Peak Road, a major coastal highway project in Hong Kong in recent years)
Castle Peak Road (New Territories)