Route 5 (Hong Kong)

Route 5
Kai Fuk Road, Kai Tak Tunnel, East Kowloon Corridor, Chatham Road North, Gascoigne Road, West Kowloon Corridor, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road
Route 5 coloured red
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length	17.9 km (11.1 mi)
Existed	29 October 1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge)–present
Major junctions
East end	Route 7 in Ngau Tau Kok
Major intersections	Route 2 near Kowloon Bay Route 1 in Hung Hom Route 7 in Lai King Route 3 in Tsuen Wan
West end	Route 9 near Chai Wan Kok
Location
Districts	Kwun Tong, Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan
Highway system
Transport in Hong Kong Routes Roads and Streets ← Route 4 → Route 6

An overhead viaduct carries Route 5 through a parking garage in Yau Ma Tei

Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is Hong Kong trunk road that runs in an east-west direction across Kowloon and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, where it connects to Route 9. It is one of the most seriously congested routes in Kowloon, as it serves as an interchange to the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel, especially during peak hours.

Route 5 begins in the east from Kowloon Bay westwards via central Kowloon to Yau Ma Tei. From Yau Ma Tei, the road heads north to Tsuen Wan and meets with Route 9. In the Tai Kok Tsui section of the Route 5, the two lanes are separated. It passes through Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Bay, Hung Hom, Yau Ma Tei, Lai Chi Kok, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan.

Constituent roads[]

The following roads comprise route 5:

• Kai Fuk Road
• Kai Tak Tunnel
• East Kowloon Corridor
• Chatham Road North
• West Kowloon Corridor
• Lai Chi Kok Road
• Kwai Chung Road
• Tsuen Wan Road

There are plans to expand the route to a high-speed roadway to ease congestion within Kowloon to outlying areas in the New Territories and alternate to Route 7.

Observed roads and exits[]

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See also[]

• Route 6 (Hong Kong)

References[]

• Route 5 Highway, Hong Kong

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