Pok Fu Lam Road
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 Pok Fu Lam Road near Li Sing Primary School | |
| Length | 5.1 km (3.2 mi) 5.0 km (3.1 mi) two-way, 0.1 km (0.062 mi) one-way |
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| South end | Shek Pai Wan Road |
| North end | Queen's Road West |
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| Chinese | 薄扶林道 | ||||||||||||
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Pok Fu Lam Road, or Pokfulam Road, is a four-lane road in Hong Kong. Built on Hong Kong Island, the road runs between Sai Ying Pun and Wah Fu, through Pok Fu Lam.
Description
[edit]It runs south from Sai Ying Pun, passing The University of Hong Kong along the Belcher's, with a road junction with Pokfield Road. The vegetation in this area is largely preserved, unlike many roads in the urban built-up areas of Hong Kong. Further south, the Pok Fu Lam playground, a public playground, is located near the junction with Mount Davis Road in Mount Davis. Down the road, Queen Mary Hospital, a large hospital complex, borders the junction with Sassoon Road and Bisney Road. Recently, the junction was renovated into a large intersection with highway loops, to ease traffic congestion. Further down the road, there is a large reservoir, a school for the blind, a vocational education centre and two large housing complexes: Chi Fu Fa Yuen and Pokfulam Gardens. The road ends at the Pokfulam Fire Station.
Spelling
[edit]The road name is always spelled as Three words Pok Fu Lam Road (see road sign above), and not Pokfulam Road.
Along Pok Fu Lam Road is a property development, The Belcher's, built in 2000–2001.
Intersections
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Listed from south to north.
| District | Location | km[1] | mi | Destinations | Notes |
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| Southern | Waterfall Bay | 0.0– 0.2 | 0.0– 0.12 | Wah Fu Road / Shek Pai Wan Road | Trumpet interchange; Southern terminus |
| 0.3 | 0.19 | Victoria Road | |||
| Pok Fu Lam | 0.5– 0.7 | 0.31– 0.43 | Chi Fu Road | Trumpet interchange | |
| 1.0– 1.1 | 0.62– 0.68 | Chi Fu Road | Modified trumpet interchange | ||
| 1.4 | 0.87 | Pok Fu Lam Reservoir Road | |||
| Sandy Bay | 2.3– 2.5 | 1.4– 1.6 | Sassoon Road | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |
| 2.6 | 1.6 | Bisney Road | Northbound only | ||
| Central and Western | Kennedy Town | 3.3 | 2.1 | Mount Davis Road / Smithfield | |
| 3.8 | 2.4 | Pokfield Road | |||
| Shek Tong Tsui | 4.3 | 2.7 | Hill Road Flyover to  Route 4 east | Northbound only | |
| 4.5– 4.6 | 2.8– 2.9 | Hill Road / Bonham Road | No access from southbound to eastbound Bonham Road | ||
| 4.6 | 2.9 | Third Street | Northbound only | ||
| Sai Ying Pun | 4.8 | 3.0 | Kui Yan Lane | Pedestrianized | |
| Water Street | |||||
| High Street | |||||
| 4.9 | 3.0 | Rose Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| Third Street | |||||
| 5.0 | 3.1 | Second Street | Two-way street ends | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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One-way section
[edit]Listed from north to south. The entire road is in Sai Ying Pun, Central and Western District.
| km[2] | mi | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.00 | 0.00 | Queen's Road West | |||
| 0.03 | 0.019 | Sam To Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| 0.05 | 0.031 | First Street | |||
| 0.08 | 0.050 | Sai Wa Lane | Pedestrianized | ||
| 0.10 | 0.062 | Second Street | End of one-way street | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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22°15′29″N 114°08′12″E / 22.25798°N 114.13674°E
See also
[edit]- Ricci Hall, located at No. 93 Pok Fu Lam Road
- Queen Mary Hospital, located at No. 102 Pok Fu Lam Road
- Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery, located at No. 125 Pok Fu Lam Road
- Béthanie, located at No. 139 Pok Fu Lam Road
- University Hall, located at No. 144 Pok Fu Lam Road, a student hall of the University of Hong Kong
- List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
References
[edit]- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors. Pok Fu Lam Road (Two-way street) (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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External links
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