Connaught Road
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Connaught Road (Chinese: 干諾道) is a major thoroughfare on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It links Shing Sai Road in Kennedy Town to the west and Harcourt Road in Admiralty to the east.
LocationEdit
Template:Unsourced section The road consists of two adjoining sections, namely Connaught Road Central ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) and Connaught Road West ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}).
Connaught Road Central runs the length of Central, parallel to the north shore. It runs from approximately Admiralty in the east, where it connects Harcourt Road at the junction with Murray Road. The road ends west at On Tai Street, where it becomes Connaught Road West.
Connaught Road West runs towards the Kennedy Town and Pok Fu Lam areas in the west. For most of the stretch, Connaught Road West runs beneath the Connaught Road West Flyover, (Route 4). It is the main thoroughfare to the entrance of the Western Harbour Crossing and beyond to Shek Tong Tsui, where it merges with Des Voeux Road West.
HistoryEdit
This road was once a waterfront promenade with boats docked against the northern side of the road. In 1889, the north shore of Victoria City was under extensive reclamation. In 1890, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn visited Hong Kong, when Francis Fleming, the then acting governor announced a new road to be constructed in front of the old "Bowring Praya" (present-day Des Voeux Road). This newly constructed road was then named Connaught Road, after the prince.<ref name=titans>Template:Cite news</ref> A statue of the prince once also occupied the junction of Pedder Street.<ref name=titans/>
Connaught Road West was lined with many piers in the past. Due to the reclamation of the harbour, the entire length of Connaught Road has now become landlocked.Template:Cn
During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Connaught Road was renamed Sumiyoshi Dori (住吉通).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Structures along Connaught RoadEdit
Connaught Road CentralEdit
- AIG Tower
- Hong Kong Club Building
- Statue Square
- Hong Kong City Hall
- Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong
- Connaught Place
- Chater House
- Jardine House
- Central Elevated Walkway
- World-Wide House
- Exchange Square
- International Finance Centre Tower One
- Wing On House
- Hang Seng Bank Headquarters Building
- Shun Tak Centre
Connaught Road WestEdit
- Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park
- Witty Street Depot of the Hong Kong Tramways
- Western Wholesale Food Market
- Western Harbour Crossing
- Liaison Office of the Central People's Government
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- Island Pacific Hotel
GalleryEdit
- Chater House 2008.jpg
Connaught Road frontage of Chater House in July 2008
- Aigtower.jpg
AIG Tower, 1 Connaught Road Central in August 2006
- HK Statue Square Xmas Tree Mandarin Oriental Hotel.JPG
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in December 2006
- HK Chater Road Statue Square.jpg
Statue Square abuts Connaught Road in May 2006
- HK Club Connaught Road Central.JPG
The Hong Kong Club Building's frontage on Connaught Road in April 2007
- City Hall from Statue Square.jpg
City Hall facing Connaught Road in September 2004
- HK Connaught Garden Henry Moore sculture 6.JPG
Henry Moore's sculpture, Connaught Place in 2007
- Central Walkway.jpg
The Central Elevated Walkway crosses Connaught Road in June 2007
- Connaught Road Central daytime 2.jpg
Connaught Road, looking west in January 2006 (1IFC on the right)
- HK Connaught Road C Hang Seng Bank Jubilee Street.JPG
New Headquarters of the Hang Seng Bank in April 2007
- Hkshuntak.jpg
Connaught Road West Flyover leading up to the Shun Tak Centre (background) in August 2005
- WingOnHouseCentralHKG.jpg
Wing On House (middle); the two buildings to the right are the old and new headquarters of Hang Seng Bank in September 2004
- HK 2 ChinaChem Plaza China Insurance Group Building 5.JPG
ChinaChem Plaza and the China Insurance Group Building are both on Connaught Road Central in April 2007
- Connaught road west night view 2019.10.jpg
Connaught Road West at night in October 2019
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
| Preceded by {{#if:Central–Wan Chai Bypass|Central–Wan Chai Bypass|—}} |
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