Route 2 (Hong Kong)

Route 2
Alignment and exits of Route 2 (zoom in to view exit details)
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length	18.8 km (11.7 mi) 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) southbound
Existed	1989 (Eastern Harbour Crossing/Route 6); 1991 (Tate's Cairn Tunnel)–present
Major junctions
South end	Route 4 in Quarry Bay
Major intersections	Route 6 in Lam Tin Route 7 in Kwun Tong Route 5 in Ngau Tau Kok Route 7 near Choi Hung Sha Lek Highway in Siu Lek Yuen
North end	Route 9 in Ma Liu Shui
Location
Country	China
Special administrative region	Hong Kong
Districts	Eastern, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin
Highway system
Transport in Hong Kong Routes Roads and Streets
← Route 1 → Route 3

Route 2
Island Eastern Corridor to North Point, Sai Wan Ho 0.0 Exit 1A & 1B 0.3—2.6 Eastern Harbour Crossing Victoria Harbour 2.7 Exit 1C Tseung Lam Highway to Tseung Kwan O, Kai Tak 3.0 Exit 2 Kai Tin Road Lei Yue Mun Road 3.6 Exit 2A 3.6 Expressway begins Kwun Tong Line Kwun Tong Road to Tseung Kwan O, Kwun Tong 4.3 Exit 2B 5.1 Exit 2C Tsui Ping River Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter 6.6 Exit 2D Kai Fuk Road to Kowloon Bay, To Kwa Wan Kai Cheung Road 8.8 Exit 3 9.0 Expressway ends Prince Edward Road East 9.3 Exit 3A Lung Cheung Road to Tsz Wan Shan, Kowloon Tong 9.8 Exit 3B 10.0—13.9 Tate's Cairn Tunnel 14.3 Exit 4 14.4 Exit 5 Sha Lek Highway to Sha Tin Road Siu Lek Yuen Road Siu Lek Yuen Nullah 14.7 Expressway begins 14.9 Exit 5 Sha Lek Highway to Sha Tin Road 15.1 Exit 4 Tuen Ma Line to Tuen Mun 16.6 Exit 6 Tai Chung Kiu Road A Kung Kok Street 17.5 Exit 7 Ma On Shan Road, Tuen Ma Line to Ma On Shan, Wu Kai Sha Shing Mun River 18.5 Exit 7A 18.8 Tolo Highway to Tai Po, Fanling

Route 2 (Chinese: 二號幹綫) of Hong Kong is a series of expressways that runs from Quarry Bay of Hong Kong Island to Ma Liu Shui of the New Territories East, formerly known as route 6, and renamed as route 2 in 2004 under the route numbering scheme proposed in the same year. Route 2 consists of 4 parts, from South to North:

• The Eastern Harbour Crossing starting from Quarry Bay, where it joins into the Island Eastern Corridor (Route 4), across Victoria Harbour and ending at Lam Tin, then junction to Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel.
• The Kwun Tong Bypass succeeds the EHC at Lei Yue Mun Interchange and goes along the coast of Kowloon Bay, junctions Route 5 and Route 7 and continues to Diamond Hill.
• Tate's Cairn Tunnel continues the route from Diamond Hill, cutting through Tate's Cairn to Shek Mun Interchange, junctioning the Sha Lek Highway.
• Tate's Cairn Highway, takes the route 2 to its terminus at Ma Liu Shui, where it joins into Tolo Highway of Route 9.

Like Route 3, Route 8, Route 9 and Route 10, most of the route consists of expressways.

Exits and Interchanges[edit]

District	Location	Road Name	km	mi	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Eastern	Quarry Bay	Eastern Harbour Crossing	0.0	0.0	1A	Route 4 Island Eastern Corridor (eastbound) – Tai Koo, Sai Wan Ho, Shau Kei Wan, Shek O, Stanley, Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan	Joins Route 4
					1B	Route 4 Island Eastern Corridor (westbound) – Quarry Bay, North Point, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley and Aberdeen
Victoria Harbour			0.3 - 2.6	0.2 - 1.6	Eastern Harbour Tunnel (tolled)
Kwun Tong	Lam Tin		2.7	1.7	1C	Route 6 (Lam Tin Interchange) – Tseung Kwan O via Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel
		Lei Yue Mun Road	3.0	1.9	2	Lei Yue Mun Road – Lam Tin, Yau Tong and Lei Yue Mun
		Kwun Tong Bypass	3.6	2.2	2A	Route 7 Tseung Kwan O Road/Kwun Tong Road – Kwun Tong Business Area, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
	Kwun Tong		4.3	2.7	2B	Route 7 Tseung Kwan O Road – Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
			5.1	3.2	2C	Wai Yip Street – Kwun Tong Business Area and Cha Kwo Ling	Northbound entrance only, southbound exit and entrance
	Kowloon Bay		6.6	4.1	2D	Route 5 Kai Fuk Road and Wang Chiu Road – Kowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal, To Kwa Wan and Hung Hom	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
	Choi Hung		8.8	5.5	3	Prince Edward Road East (westbound) – Kowloon City, Mong Kok and To Kwa Wan
Wong Tai Sin			9.3	5.8	3A	Route 7 Kwun Tong Road (eastbound) – Kowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal and Kwun Tong	Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
	Diamond Hill	Tate's Cairn Highway	9.8	6.1	3B	Route 7 Lung Cheung Road (eastbound) – Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill, Ngau Chi Wan, Pik Uk and Sai Kung
Kowloon Hills			10.0 - 13.9	6.2 - 8.6	Tate's Cairn Tunnel (tolled)
Sha Tin	Siu Lek Yuen		14.8	9.2	4	Sha Tin Wai Road/Siu Lek Yuen Road – Siu Lek Yuen
			14.9	9.3	5	Sha Lek Highway towards Route 1 Sha Tin Road (southbound) – Sha Tin Central, Kowloon Central and Tsuen Wan
	Shek Mun		16.6	10.3	6	Tai Chung Kiu Road – Shek Mun, Tai Shui Hang and Sha Tin Central
	A Kung Kok		17.5	10.9	7	Ma On Shan Road – Ma On Shan and Sai Kung
	Ma Liu Shui		18.5	11.5	7A	Chak Cheung Street – Ma Liu Shui, Pak Shek Kok, Race Course, Science Park and University
			18.8	11.7	Route 9 – Tai Po and Fanling		Joins Tolo Highway (anticlockwise only)

See also[edit]

• Kwun Tong Bypass
• Tate's Cairn Highway
• West Kowloon Corridor

References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Route 2, Hong Kong.

• Route map from Transport Department
• Highways in Kowloon

Notes[edit]