Route 5 (Hong Kong)
Route 5 (Chinese: 五號幹綫) is a route artery in Hong Kong from eastern to western Kowloon and New Kowloon, and ends in Tsuen Wan in the New Territories, linking 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.
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| 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 | 1968 (Lai Chi Kok Bridge)–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| East end |  Route 7 in Ngau Tau Kok | |||
 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 | ||||
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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.
Roads part of the corridor:
- Kai Fuk Road
- Kai Tak Tunnel
- East Kowloon Corridor
- Chatham Road North
- West Kowloon Corridor
- Gascoigne Road Flyover
- Ferry Street Flyover
- Tong Mi Road and Flyover
- Tai Kok Tsui Road Flyover
- 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
| Westbound towards Tsuen Wan | Eastbound towards Ngau Tau Kok | ||
| Exit | Destination | Exit | Destination |
| Ngau Tau Kok (intersection with Route 7) | |||
| Kai Fuk Road | |||
| 1A | Wai Yip Street
Kwun Tong Business Area | ||
| 1B | Kwun Tong Bypass (southbound)
Route 2 southbound towards Tseung Kwan O, Yau Tong and Hong Kong (E) | ||
| 1C | Wang Kwong Road | ||
| 2 | Kai Cheung Road
Kowloon Bay and Sau Mau Ping |
2 | Kai Cheung Road
Kowloon Bay and Sau Mau Ping |
| Kai Tak Tunnel | |||
| 2A | Sung Wong Toi Road | ||
| East Kowloon Corridor | |||
| 3 | San Shan Road | 3 | San Shan Road
To Kwa Wan |
| 3A | Ma Tau Wai Road
To Kwa Wan and Kowloon City | ||
| 4 | Yan Fung Street (closed) | 4 | Ping Chi Street
Ho Man Tin |
| 5 | Gillies Avenue South | 5 | Wuhu Street
Hung Hom |
| 6 | Hong Chong Road
Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel |
6 | Hong Chong Road
Route 1 southbound via Cross-Harbour Tunnel |
| 6A | Chatham Road South | ||
| 6B | Wylie Road / Jordan Road
Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong (W), Lantau |
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| 6C | Gascoigne Road | ||
| 6D | Waterloo Road
Yau Ma Tei |
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| 6E | Ferry Street
Tsim Sha Tsui | ||
| West Kowloon Corridor | |||
| 7A | Tong Mi Road | ||
| 7B | Tong Mi Road
Yau Ma Tei | ||
| 7C | Prince Edward Road West | ||
| 8B | Lai Chi Kok Road | ||
| 8C | Cheung Sha Wan Road | ||
| Kwai Chung Road | |||
| 9 | Mei Lai Road
Lai Chi Kok, Sha Tin and Tai Po |
9 | Mei Lai Road
Mei Foo, Sha Tin and Tai Po |
| 9A | Lai King Hill Road | ||
| 9B | Ching Cheung Road
Route 7 eastbound to Sha Tin, Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O | ||
| 9C | Container Port Road | ||
| 9D | West Kowloon Highway
Route 3 southbound to Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong (W) and Lantau | ||
| Tsuen Wan Road | |||
| 10 | Kwai Tsing Road
Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung |
10 | Kwai Tsing Road
Tsing Yi and Kwai Chung |
| 11 | Tsing Tsuen Road
Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan (S), Airport Express Station, Lantau |
11 | Tsing Tsuen Road / Texaco Road
Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan (S), Airport Express Station, Lantau, Sha Tin |
| 11A | Texaco Road (northbound)
Tsuen Wan (E), Sha Tin, Shek Kong |
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| 12 | Tai Chung Road | 12 | Tai Chung Road
Tsuen Wan |
| Tsuen Wan (intersection with Route 9) | |||
