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Gascoigne Road (Chinese:加士居道;Jyutping:gaa1 si6 geoi1 dou6) is a main road inKowloon,Hong Kong, going west-east fromNathan Road toChatham Road South through the head ofKing's Park, leading vehicles from West Kowloon to theCross-Harbour Tunnel.
Gascoigne Road Flyover (加士居道天橋;gaa1 si6 geoi1 dou6 tin1 kiu4) is a 1.2 km (0.75 mi) longflyover linking between Gascoigne Road andFerry Street, passing throughYaumatei Carpark Building.[1] Built in 1977, it is part of theWest Kowloon Corridor.
The road was laid out after 1901 and named afterWilliam Julius Gascoigne,[2]Commander British Troops in China and Hong Kong from 1898–1903. It was reported in 1908 that "All the roads on the [Kowloon] peninsula are wide and lined with trees, and two in particular—Robinson Road [today'sNathan Road] and Gascoigne Road—are noticeable by reason of their width" and "Gascoigne Road, which is 100 feet wide, runs right across the peninsula fromHunghom toYaumati, and skirts the King's Park, a large enclosure reserved for recreation, and the United Services Recreation Ground."[3]
The Fronde Memorial, a granite obelisk, was erected in May 1908 in memory of the five sailors of the FrenchArquebuse-class destroyerFronde who disappeared in the sinking of their boat near the Torpedo Depot, Kowloon, during the1906 Hong Kong typhoon. Initially erected at the corner of Gascoigne Road andJordan Road, the monument was relocated toHong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley[4] during the 1960s.[5] TheFronde was later salvaged, repaired in the Hung Hom shipyard, and left Hong Kong in March 1907. It was active during World War I and was decommissioned in 1919.[6]
Gascoigne Road was widened in 1988 and the adjacent slope near theQueen Elizabeth Hospital was cut back. A 12m high rock-socketed caisson retaining wall was constructed to support the cutting.[7]
Northern side of the road: (from east to west)
Southern side of the road: (from east to west)
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