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Route 2 (Hong Kong)

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Route 2
Map
Route 2 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length18.8 km (11.7 mi)
18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) southbound
Existed1989 (Eastern Harbour Crossing/Route 6); 1991 (Tate's Cairn Tunnel)–present
Major junctions
South end Route 4 in Quarry Bay
Major intersections
North end Route 9 in Ma Liu Shui
Location
CountryChina
Special administrative regionHong Kong
DistrictsEastern, Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin
Highway system
Route 1 Route 3
Lei Yue Mun Interchange, northern entrance to the Eastern Harbour Crossing

Route 2 (Chinese: 二號幹綫) of Hong Kong is a series of expressways that 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, Route 8, Route 9 and Route 10, most of the route consists of expressways.

Exits and Interchanges

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District Location Road Name km mi Exit Destinations Notes
Eastern Quarry Bay Eastern Harbour Crossing 0.0 0.0 1A Route 4 Island Eastern Corridor (eastbound) – Tai Koo, Sai Wan Ho, Shau Kei Wan, Shek O, Stanley, Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan Joins Route 4
1B Route 4 Island Eastern Corridor (westbound) – Quarry Bay, North Point, Causeway Bay, Happy Valley and Aberdeen
Victoria Harbour 0.3 - 2.6 0.2 - 1.6 Eastern Harbour Tunnel (tolled)
Kwun Tong Lam Tin 2.7 1.7 1C Route 6 (Lam Tin Interchange) – Tseung Kwan O via Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel
Lei Yue Mun Road 3.0 1.9 2 Lei Yue Mun RoadLam Tin, Yau Tong and Lei Yue Mun
Kwun Tong Bypass 3.6 2.2 2A Route 7 Tseung Kwan O Road/Kwun Tong Road – Kwun Tong Business Area, Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
Kwun Tong 4.3 2.7 2B Route 7 Tseung Kwan O Road – Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
5.1 3.2 2C Wai Yip Street – Kwun Tong Business Area and Cha Kwo Ling Northbound entrance only, southbound exit and entrance
Kowloon Bay 6.6 4.1 2D Route 5 Kai Fuk Road and Wang Chiu RoadKowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal, To Kwa Wan and Hung Hom Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
Choi Hung 8.8 5.5 3 Prince Edward Road East (westbound) – Kowloon City, Mong Kok and To Kwa Wan
Wong Tai Sin 9.3 5.8 3A Route 7 Kwun Tong Road (eastbound) – Kowloon Bay, Cruise Terminal and Kwun Tong Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
Diamond Hill Tate's Cairn Highway 9.8 6.1 3B Route 7 Lung Cheung Road (eastbound) – Tsz Wan Shan, Diamond Hill, Ngau Chi Wan, Pik Uk and Sai Kung
Kowloon Hills 10.0 - 13.9 6.2 - 8.6 Tate's Cairn Tunnel (tolled)
Sha Tin Siu Lek Yuen 14.8 9.2 4 Sha Tin Wai Road/Siu Lek Yuen Road – Siu Lek Yuen
14.9 9.3 5 Sha Lek Highway towards Route 1 Sha Tin Road (southbound) – Sha Tin Central, Kowloon Central and Tsuen Wan
Shek Mun 16.6 10.3 6 Tai Chung Kiu RoadShek Mun, Tai Shui Hang and Sha Tin Central
A Kung Kok 17.5 10.9 7 Ma On Shan RoadMa On Shan and Sai Kung
Ma Liu Shui 18.5 11.5 7A Chak Cheung StreetMa Liu Shui, Pak Shek Kok, Race Course, Science Park and University
18.8 11.7 Route 9 – Tai Po and Fanling Joins Tolo Highway (anticlockwise only)

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