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 Gloucester Road as viewed from a pedestrian footbridge in August 2008 | |
| Native name | 告士打道 (Yue Chinese) |
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| Length | 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) |
| Location | Wan Chai,Hong Kong |
| South end | Causeway Road / Moreton Terrace |
| West end | Harcourt Road / Arsenal Street |
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Gloucester Road (/ˈɡlɒstər/GLOST-ər;Chinese:告士打道;Jyutping:gou3 si6 da2 dou6) is amajorhighway inHong Kong. It is one of the few major roads in Hong Kong withservice roads. It was named on 14 June 1929 afterPrince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, to commemorate his visit to Hong Kong that year.[1] The road is 2.2 kilometres in length and has a speed limit of 70 km/h.
Gloucester Road is in the north ofWan Chai andEast Point onHong Kong Island. It connects toHarcourt Road at its western end and in the east along the west side ofVictoria Park it spit-ends into both Causeway Road and the Tai Hang Road flyover.[1] It formed part of Hong Kong'sRoute 4 and connects to theIsland Eastern Corridor via Victoria Park Road before completion ofCentral–Wan Chai Bypass. The road is connected to theCross-Harbour Tunnel near theCanal Road Flyover. It runs almost parallel to Lockhart Road.
The road was built between 1922 and 1929 by reclamation as a two-lane road on the seafront. It then only connected the Royal Naval Arsenal Yard inAdmiralty andPercival Street inCauseway Bay. It was extended to Cleveland Street after World War II. A canal west of Victoria Park Road is also reclaimed to form part of Gloucester Road.
The completion ofCross-Harbour Tunnel,Aberdeen Tunnel and other major thoroughfares around it increased traffic output, and thus a new road adjoined to Gloucester Road was built in the 1960s and opened in 1972, which was named "Waterfront Road"(海傍大道). The original Gloucester Road was then converted to one sided traffic heading westbound only. A number of flyovers was built. In 1980, the two roads was unified under the same name of Gloucester Road. The original Gloucester Road has been since known as "Inner Gloucester Road" or "Gloucester Road service road".
Vehicles traveling on Gloucester Road can choose two separate routes:North Point andCross-Harbour Tunnel. During peak hours, the average time required to travel toWestern Kowloon is 5-8 minutes; the average time required to travel to North Point is 15-20 minutes.
| Preceded by Victoria Park Road | Hong Kong Route 4 Gloucester Road | Succeeded by Harcourt Road |
22°16′46″N114°10′31″E / 22.27943°N 114.17519°E /22.27943; 114.17519
