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Tai Po Road | |
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大埔公路 | |
Route information | |
Length | 21.9 km (13.6 mi) 1.6 km (0.99 mi) Tai Wo section 1.1 km (0.68 mi) Yuen Chau Tsai section 3.6 km (2.2 mi) Tai Po Kau section 2.8 km (1.7 mi) Ma Liu Shui section 4.0 km (2.5 mi) Sha Tin section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Tai Wai section 3.3 km (2.1 mi) Sha Tin Heights section 1.2 km (0.75 mi) Piper's Hill section 3.1 km (1.9 mi) Section in Kowloon |
Existed | 1902–present |
Major junctions | |
South end | Cheung Sha Wan Road at Mong Kok |
Castle Peak Road at Sham Shui Po Route 7 at Lai Chi Kok Route 8 at Tai Wai Route 9 from Sha Tin to Ma Liu Shui Route 1 at Fo Tan Route 9 at Island House | |
North end | Kwong Fuk Road/Nam Wan Road at Tai Po South |
Location | |
Country | China |
Special administrative region | Hong Kong |
Highway system | |
Tai Po Road (Kowloon portion) | |||||||||||
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Chinese | 大埔道 | ||||||||||
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Tai Po Road (New Territories portion) | |||||||||||
Chinese | 大埔公路 | ||||||||||
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Tai Po Road is the second longest road in Hong Kong (after Castle Peak Road). It spans from Sham Shui Po in Kowloon to Tai Po in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Initially, the road was named Frontier Road.