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Here is a partial list of expressways, tunnels, bridges, roads, avenues, streets, crescents, squares, bazaars, etc in Hong Kong.
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Routes
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Hong Kong's Transport Department is responsible for maintenance and control over highways and roadways.
Since 2004, a new strategic route system was put in place where most of the existing routes were renumbered and exits to key places or to another route were numbered, (for example, if you wanted to go from Yau Ma Tei to the airport, you would need to travel on route 3, take exit 5 to join route 8 to complete the journey to the airport, hence it would be known as "3-5-8"). Routes 1-3 are cross-harbour north-south routes following the order in which the harbour tunnels were opened. Routes 4, 5, 7 and 8 are east-west routes and have sequences from south to north. Route 9 is a circular route that circumscribes the New Territories. Some of the motorists have been confused since the new system was put in place as they previously relied on following signs with destination names rather than having to remember the new route and exit numbering system.
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Expressways
See also Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374) Designation of Expressways under s 123
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Tunnels
Tunnels are a critical infrastructures to overcome Hong Kong's topography. Mountains and waterways are bypassed by use of tunnels. Originally used to allow cars to cross from the mainland to Hong Kong Island, they were used to cut through the hilly terrain in the New Territories to allow traffic to flow from the new towns in the north.
Second Lion Rock Tunnel (1978)
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Bridges
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Flyovers
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Viaducts
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Hong Kong Island
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Monitoring major roads
The traffic CAM online provides nearly real-time road conditions for all the major road users, as well as the authority to monitor the traffic. The live webcast provides the real-time road conditions for concerned party for planning before driving.
There are about 115 close circuit cameras are located on the routes to provide monitoring of traffic flow. Congestion is heaviest in Kowloon and along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, where most cameras are located.
Here are select locations around Hong Kong:
Connaught Central - Exchange Square, Shun Tak Centre
Cross Harbour Tunnel Hong Kong Side
Fleming Road and Harbour Road
Queen's Road Central near Garden Road
Aberdeen Tunnel Wanchai Side
Cross Harbour Tunnel Kowloon side
Gascoigne Road/Chatham Road
Waterloo Road/Cornwall Street
Princess Margaret Road/Argyle Street
Lung Cheung Road/Clear Water Bay Road
Tsuen Wan Road near Tsuen Tsing Interchange
Kwai Chung Road near Container Terminal
Castle Peak Road/Texaco Road
Tsuen Wan Road near Tai Chung Road
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