King's Road, Hong Kong

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King's Road (Chinese: 英皇道; pinyin: Yīnghuáng Dào; Cantonese Yale: ying1 wong4 dou6) is a major east-west street along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, extending from Causeway Bay, where it joins Causeway Road, to Sai Wan Ho, where it joins Shau Kei Wan Road.

Originally part of the Shaukiwan Road, it was renamed in 1935 in honor of the silver jubilee of King George V's reign.

The road is shared between automobile traffic and the Hong Kong Tramways system, and the east bound of the section between eastern Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay is bus lane. Part of the MTR Island Line runs underneath the road.

Before the opening of Island Eastern Corridor, the road was plagued with traffic congestion. Various measures like creation of bus lanes were taken to alleviate the problem.

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List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

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v • d • e Streets and roads in Hong Kong island

Central and Western District	Aberdeen Street • Albany Road • Albert Path • Arbuthnot Road • Babington Road • Barker Road • Bank Street • Battery Path • Belcher's Street • Bluff Path • Bonham Road • Bonham Strand • Bonham Strand West • Borrett Road • Bowen Drive • Breezy Path • Brewin Path • Bridges Street • Burd Street • Burrows Street • Cadogan Street • Caine Road • Centre Street • Chater Road • Cochrane Street • Conduit Road • Connaught Road Central • Connaught Road West • Connaught Place • Davis Street • Des Voeux Road Central • Des Voeux Road West • Duddell Street • Elgin Street • Eastern Street • Gage Street • Garden Road • Gilman Street • Gilman's Bazaar • Glenealy • Gutzlaff Street • Harcourt Road • Hollywood Road • Ice House Street • Jubilee Street • Kennedy Town Praya • Ladder Street • Lambeth Walk • Lan Kwai Fong • Lugard Road • Macdonnell Road • Magazine Gap Road • Man Cheung Street • Man Kwong Street • Man Yiu Street • Mount Austin Road • Mount Kellett Road • Murray Road • Old Bailey Street • Old Peak Road • Pottinger Street • Peel Street • Queen Victoria Street • Queen's Road Central • Queen's Road West • Queensway • Robinson Road • Smithfield • Staveley Street • Tai Ping Shan Street • Tim Wa Avenue • Tim Mei Avenue • Upper Albert Road • Upper Lascar Row • Water Street • Wellington Street • Western Street • Wing Kut Street • Wing On Street • Wing Sing Street • Wyndham Street

Wan Chai District	Amoy Street • Anton Street • Arsenal Street • Blue Pool Road • Boat Street • Boyce Road • Briar Avenue • Broadwood Road • Broom Road • Brown Street • Bullock Lane • Canal Road East • Canal Road West • Cleveland Street • Gloucester Road • Hennessy Road • Jaffe Road • Jardine's Bazaar • Johnston Road • Lee Tung Street • Lockhart Road • Luard Road • Oi Kwan Road • Paterson Street • Queen's Road East • Stubbs Road• Thomson Road• Yee Wo Street

Eastern District	A Kung Ngam Road • Aldrich Bay Road • Aldrich Street • Basel Road • Braemar Hill Road • Chai Wan Road • Harbour Parade • Hong Shing Street • King's Road • Shau Kei Wan Road • Siu Sai Wan Road • Tai Koo Shing Road • Tai Koo Wan Road • Tai Mou Avenue • Tsat Tsz Mui Road • Wharf Road

Southern District	Aberdeen Main Road • Aberdeen Praya Road • Aberdeen Reservoir Road • Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road • Ap Lei Chau Drive • Ap Lei Chau Praya Drive • Beach Street • Bel-air Avenue • Bel-air Rise • Belleview Drive • Big Wave Bay Road • Bisney Road • Black's Link • Sassoon Road

Spans more than one district	Bowen Road • Kennedy Road • Pok Fu Lam Road • Peak Road • Tai Tam Road • Victoria Road

See also: Streets and roads in Kowloon • The New Territories