Junction Road, Hong Kong

Junction Road (Chinese: 聯合道; Cantonese Yale: Lyùhnhahp Dou) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong which runs between Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong.

Junction Road
Hau Wong Temple along Junction Road, with Mei Yan House of Mei Tung Estate under construction.

History

The streets in Kowloon City, including Junction Road, were laid out in the late 1920s and early 1930s. However, at this stage, Junction Road only extended a short distance from Prince Edward Road.[1] By 1960, Junction Road had been extended as far as Dumbarton Road[2] and during the 1960s, it was extended through Lok Fu to Waterloo Road.

As a child Bruce Lee was in a gang called the Junction Street Eight Tigers.[3]

Location

Junction Road runs north–south connecting Waterloo Road and Prince Edward Road West. At a length of 1600 metres, it runs through the areas of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Tsai, Lok Fu and Kowloon City.

Features

Features from north to south include:

References
  1. "Heritage Impact Assessment of Stone Houses at Junction Road, Kowloon City" (PDF). Antiquities and Monuments Office. June 2011. p. 9. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. "Heritage Impact Assessment of Stone Houses at Junction Road, Kowloon City" (PDF). Antiquities and Monuments Office. June 2011. p. 19. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. "Bruce Lee's Journey From Street Tough to Cinema Legend". Newsweek. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  4. Hau Wong Temple, Junction Road, on the Chinese Temples Committee website
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