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Junction Road, Hong Kong

Coordinates: 22°19′57.7″N 114°11′13.9″E / 22.332694°N 114.187194°E / 22.332694; 114.187194
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Junction Road
Hau Wong Temple along Junction Road, with Mei Yan House of Mei Tung Estate under construction.

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.

History

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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

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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

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Features from north to south include:

References

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  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



22°19′57.7″N 114°11′13.9″E / 22.332694°N 114.187194°E / 22.332694; 114.187194