Tai Po Road
Road in Hong Kong
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Tai Po Road (Chinese: 大埔公路) is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.
1.1 km (0.68 mi) Yuen Chau Tsai section
3.6 km (2.2 mi) Tai Po Kau section
2.8 km (1.7 mi) Ma Liu Shui section
4.0 km (2.5 mi) Sha Tin section
1.2 km (0.75 mi) Tai Wai section
3.3 km (2.1 mi) Sha Tin Heights section
1.2 km (0.75 mi) Piper's Hill section
3.1 km (1.9 mi) Section in Kowloon
Route 7 at Lai Chi Kok
Route 8 at Tai Wai
Route 9 from Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui
Route 1 at Fo Tan Route 9 at Island House| Tai Po Road | |
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| 大埔公路 | |
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| Route information | |
| Length | 21.9 km (13.6 mi) 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Tai Wo section 1.1 km (0.68 mi) Yuen Chau Tsai section 3.6 km (2.2 mi) Tai Po Kau section 2.8 km (1.7 mi) Ma Liu Shui section 4.0 km (2.5 mi) Sha Tin section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Tai Wai section 3.3 km (2.1 mi) Sha Tin Heights section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Piper's Hill section 3.1 km (1.9 mi) Section in Kowloon |
| Existed | 1902–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Cheung Sha Wan Road at Mong Kok |
| Castle Peak Road at Sham Shui Po Route 7 at Lai Chi Kok Route 8 at Tai Wai Route 9 from Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui Route 1 at Fo Tan Route 9 at Island House | |
| North end | Kwong Fuk Road/Nam Wan Road at Tai Po South |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
| Highway system | |
| Tai Po Road (Kowloon portion) | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大埔道 | ||||||||||
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| Tai Po Road (New Territories portion) | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 大埔公路 | ||||||||||
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Location
The road begins at Cheung Sha Wan Road near Boundary Street and Nathan Road at Sham Shui Po, runs through the valley between Golden Hill and Beacon Hill, and merges into the Tsing Sha Highway in Sha Tin and then the New Territories Circular Road. It then continues northward along Sha Tin Hoi and Tai Po Hoi. It ends at the Tai Po River near Tai Po Market station.
History
Built in 1902, Tai Po Road is one of the earliest major roads in the New Territories. Until the completion of the Lion Rock Tunnel in 1967, Tai Po Road was the main road connecting the New Territories with Kowloon.[1] Before the construction of the Fanling Highway in the 1980s, the road connected Fanling and Sheung Shui.[2]
On 10 February 2018, at approximately 18:13 HKT, a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) double-decker bus flipped onto its side on Tai Po Road. The crash killed 19 people and injured 65.
The incident was Hong Kong's second deadliest road traffic accident, behind a 2003 incident on Tuen Mun Road that killed 21.[3]
Gallery
Tai Po Road Piper's Hill Section in June 2008
Tai Po Road Sha Tin Section in March 2014
See also
- 2018 Hong Kong bus accident
- List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
- Castle Peak Road
- Mang Gui Kiu
- North Kowloon Magistracy, located at No. 292 Tai Po Road
