Tai Po Tai Wo Road (大埔太和路) is a major road in Tai Po District, New Territories. It is located on the north bank of the Lam Tsuen River. It starts from the Tolo Highway near Mui Shue Hang in the west and ends at Yuen Shin Road in the east. The entire road is bidirectional in both east and west directions.
History[]
Tai Po Tai Wo Road was completed and opened to traffic in the 1980s, with the earliest section between Ting Kok Road and Nam Wan Road, which was opened to traffic in 1983, being 855 metres long and gazetted on 13 December of the same year.[1][2]
On 27 January 1984, due to the permanent closure of Kwong Fuk Bridge, a number of routes were diverted to run via Po Heung Bridge and this road, which were the first public transport routes to run via this road.
With the opening of Tolo Highway in 1985, Tai Po Tai Wo Road was extended westwards to become an approach road to Tolo Highway, and the new section was gazetted on 17 July 1987[3]. At the same time, Tai Po Tai Wo Road was extended eastwards to Yuen Shin Road, which was only gazetted on 27 September 1996.[4]
Structure[]
This road is an expressway from Po Nga Road to Tolo Highway, and is one of the few existing expressways that does not incorporate any Strategic Route sections.
Bus stops[]
| List of intermediate bus stops along Tai Po Tai Wo Road (from west to east) | |
|---|---|
| Westbound stop name | Eastbound stop name |
| Tolo Highway Interchange | |
| Expressway area | |
| Po Nga Road, Tai Po Road - Tai Wo | |
| Kai Wo Road, Ting Tai Road | |
| Tai Wo Estate | Greenery Plaza |
| Chui Lok Street | |
| Ting Kok Road | |
| Lam Tsuen Riverside | Tai Po Old Market Playground |
| Po Heung Street (Po Heung Bridge), On Cheung Road | |
| Tai Po Mega Mall | |
| Nam Wan Road | |
| Yuen Shin Road | |
Usage situation[]
At present, franchised buses run along the entire Tai Po Tai Wo Road, but the bus routes using different sections of the road vary greatly and can be broadly divided into the following six sections:
| List of bus routes running through Tai Po Tai Wo Road | |
|---|---|
| Section | Route(s) observed |
| Tolo Highway to Tai Po Road - Tai Wo/Po Nga Road intersection | Eastbound only: 64X, 65X, 73B, 271P, 273C Westbound only: 907B Two-way east-westbound: 74, 79, 264R, 271A, B8, N42A, W3 |
| Tai Po Road - Tai Wo/Po Nga Road intersection to Ting Tai Road | Westbound only: 71K, 72, 72K, 74A, 74R, 271S, 272E, A47X, NA47 Two-way east-westbound: 74, 79, 271A, 307P, 907D, B8, N42A, W3 |
| Ting Tai Road to Ting Kok Road | Westbound only: 71K, 72, 74A, 74R, 271S, 272E, 307P (Fu Tip Estate special trips), 907C, A47X, E41, N42A, NA47 Two-way east-westbound: 79, 96, B8, W3 |
| Ting Kok Road to On Cheung Road/Po Heung Bridge intersection | Eastbound only: 64X, 65X, 73B, K12 Westbound only: 74R, 907B Two-way east-westbound: 72A, 73, 73A, 74D, 75K, 79, 96, 265S, 274P, B8, N73, W3 |
| On Cheung Road/Po Heung Bridge intersection to Nam Wan Road | Eastbound only: 73B, 73D, 73X (before 20:00), 75X (before 20:00), 271 (before 20:00), 271B, 271X, 275X, K14 Westbound only: 74R Two-way east-westbound: 73 (only for trips to/from Tai Po Industrial Estate), 79, 96, K12, W3 |
| Nam Wan Road to Yuen Shin Road | Eastbound only: 74C (only for departures at 07:20 and 07:40), 307A Westbound only: 73P, 74E Two-way east-westbound: 275R |
Gallery[]
Related articles[]
- Po Nga Road
Notes and References[]
- ↑ G.N. 3976 (Announcement of the City and New Territories Administration: Street Naming), Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 125, No. 51, 23 December 1983
- ↑ G.N. 1899 (City and New Territories Administration: Street Naming), Hong Kong Government Gazette, Volume 129, Issue 24, 12 June 1987
- ↑ G.N. 2291 ‘City and New Territories Administration: Naming of Streets’, The Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 129, No. 29, 17 July 1987
- ↑ G.N. 4429 (Lands Department: Naming of Streets), The Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 138, No. 39, 27 September 1996.