West Kowloon Corridor | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An overhead viaduct carries route 5 through the Yau Ma Tei Car Park Building in Yau Ma Tei. | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 西九龍走廊 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 西九龙走廊 | ||||||||||||
|
West Kowloon Corridor is part of Route 5 in Hong Kong. Bypassing existing surface roads in West Kowloon, it connects Lai Chi Kok Road in Cheung Sha Wan with the Gascoigne Road Flyover near Yau Ma Tei.
The highway was built in 4 phases:
To make way for the new Fu Cheong Estate, the off-slips at the old terminus on Yen Chow Street were demolished; they have yet to be replaced.
Many red public minibus routes which serve between New Territories West (Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan or Kwai Chung) and Kowloon South (Mong Kok or Jordan Road) or Hong Kong Island are routed via West Kowloon Corridor so as to provide faster routes to Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Jordan to avoid traffic congestion in Sham Shui Po.