Junction Road, Hong Kong

Junction Road

Hau Wong Temple along Junction Road, with Mei Yan House of Mei Tung Estate under construction.

Junction Road (Chinese: 聯合道; Cantonese Yale: Lyùhnhahp Dou) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong which runs between Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong.

History[]

The streets in Kowloon City, including Junction Road, were laid out in the late 1920s and early 1930s. However, at this stage, Junction Road only extended a short distance from Prince Edward Road.^[1] By 1960, Junction Road had been extended as far as Dumbarton Road^[2] and during the 1960s, it was extended through Lok Fu to Waterloo Road.

As a child Bruce Lee was in a gang called the Junction Street Eight Tigers.^[3]

Location[]

Junction Road runs north–south connecting Waterloo Road and Prince Edward Road West. At a length of 1600 metres, it runs through the areas of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Tsai, Lok Fu and Kowloon City.

Features[]

Features from north to south include:

Kowloon East Barracks
Junction Road Park
Lok Fu Park
Lok Fu Estate
Bishop Walsh Primary School (#150)
Chinese Christian Cemetery
Arts & Technology Education Centre
HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
Mei Tung Estate (Mei Yan House)
Hau Wong Temple, at the junction with Tung Tau Tsuen Road. Built around 1730.^[4]
Munsang College
Carpenter Road Park
Holy Family Canossian School