Route 2 (Hong Kong)

Route 2
Eastern Harbour Tunnel, Lei Yue Mun Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Tate's Cairn Highway

Route 2 coloured red
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length: 18.8 km (11.7 mi)
18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) southbound
Existed: 1989 (Eastern Harbour Tunnel/Route 6); 1991 (Tate's Cairn Tunnel) – present
Major junctions
South end: Route 4 in Quarry Bay
  Route 7 in Lam Tin
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
Districts: Eastern, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin
Highway system

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

← Route 1Route 3 →
Legend
 0.0 from North Point or Sai Wan Ho
 0.2 Exit 1A
 0.2 Exit 1B
 0.3-2.6 Eastern Harbour Crossing
3.0 Exit 2
 3.6 Exit 2A
4.3 Exit 2B
 5.1 Exit 2C
 6.6 Exit 2D
8.8 Exit 3
 9.3 Exit 3A
 9.8 Exit 3B
 10.0-13.9 Tate's Cairn Tunnel
14.3 Exit 4(North exit)
 14.4 Exit 5(North Exit South Entrance)
 15.3 Exit 5(North Exit)
 15.3 Exit 4(North Exit South Entrance)
 16.6 Exit 6
 17.5 Exit 7
 18.8 to Ma Liu Shui
Lei Yue Mun Interchange, northern entrance to the Eastern Harbour Crossing

Route 2 (Chinese: 二號幹綫) of Hong Kong 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:

Like Route 3, the entire route is an express freeway.

Observed roads and exits

Northbound towards Ma Liu Shui Southbound towards Quarry Bay
Exit Destination Exit Destination
Quarry Bay (Intersection with Route 4)
1A Island Eastern Corridor (eastbound)

Route 4 eastbound towards Shau Kei Wan, Shek O, Stanley and Chai Wan

1B Island Eastern Corridor (westbound)

Route 4 westbound towards North Point,Causeway Bay, Happy Valley and Aberdeen

Eastern Harbour Crossing
Lei Yue Mun Road
2 Lei Yue Mun Road

Lam Tin, Yau Tong and Lei Yue Mun

 2 Lei Yue Mun Road

Lam Tin and Lei Yue Mun

2A Kwun Tong Road / Tseung Kwan O Road

Route 7 westbound to Kwun Tong Business Area, eastbound to Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay
2B Tseung Kwan O Road

Route 7 eastbound to Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay

Kwun Tong Bypass
2C Wai Yip Street

Kwun Tong Business Area and Cha Kwo Ling

2D Kai Fuk Road

Route 5 westbound to Kowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal, To Kwa Wan and Hung Hom
3 Prince Edward Road East

Kowloon City, Mong Kok and To Kwa Wan

 3 Prince Edward Road East

Kowloon City, Mong Kok and To Kwa Wan

3A Kwun Tong Road

Route 7 Kowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal and Kwun Tong Business Area (Via Kwun Tong Road)

3B Lung Cheung Road (eastbound)

Route 7 eastbound to Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill, Ngau Chi Wan, Pik Uk and Sai Kung

Tate's Cairn Tunnel
Tate's Cairn Highway
4 Sha Tin Wai Road'

Siu Lek Yuen

 4 Siu Lek Yuen Road

Siu Lek Yuen

5 Sha Lek Highway

Sha Tin Central

 5 Sha Lek Highway

Sha Tin Central, Kowloon Central and Tsuen Wan

6 Tai Chung Kiu Road

Shek Mun and Tai Shui Hang

 6 Tai Chung Kiu Road

Sha Tin Central and Tai Shui Hang

7 Ma On Shan Road

Ma On Shan and Sai Kung

 7 Ma On Shan Road

Ma On Shan and Pak Tam Chung

7A Chak Cheung Street

Ma Liu Shui and Sha Tin Racecourse
Ma Liu Shui (Intersection with Route 9)

See also

References

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