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11-507: Kwun Tong Road starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East , Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan . It runs along the coast of Kwun Tong before reclamation, spans south in Ngau Tau Kok and Kwun Tong, and ends at a junction with Tsui Ping Road , where it is succeeded by Lei Yue Mun Road . Kwun Tong Road is a section of Route 7 . Kwun Tong Road runs through

22-514: A road tunnel known as the Kwun Tong Road Underpass was dug beneath the station to give a bypass for traffic. Having traffic on the main route diverted into the tunnel, the roundabout functions efficiently. Nevertheless, as road transport in the region becomes saturated, the roundabout still occasionally has traffic congestions. Remaining buildings of the former RAF Kai Tak are located along Kwun Tong Road. With 6 lanes on either side, it

33-554: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Prince Edward Road East Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon , Hong Kong , going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui , Mong Kok , Kowloon Tong , Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside the retired Kai Tak Airport ). The roads were named after Prince Edward in 1922, later Edward VIII (later The Duke of Windsor), after his visit to Hong Kong. Prince Edward station and

44-438: Is the widest road in urban Hong Kong second widest road in the entire region, only surpassed by Cheung Tsing Highway . A section of Kwun Tong line is elevated along Kwun Tong Road. 22°19′18.7″N 114°12′52.2″E  /  22.321861°N 114.214500°E  / 22.321861; 114.214500 This Hong Kong road article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This New Kowloon location article

55-537: Is worth noting that the section of Prince Edward Road West from Olympic Garden to Nathan Road runs unidirectionally from east to west. Boundary Street serves as its complement by providing a nearby route which runs from west to east. Prince Edward Road East is a road between Kowloon City and San Po Kong. It was originally the Sai Kung Road and later part of the Clear Water Bay Road . It later became part of

66-561: The Prince Edward area in Hong Kong are both named after Prince Edward Road, rather than Prince Edward himself. In the beginning of the 1920s, the Hong Kong government was developing the Mong Kok district and decided to build a road connecting this to Kowloon City . In April 1922, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII ) came to Hong Kong and visited the construction of this road. Due to this visit,

77-546: The Chinese name was changed from what was literally "British Royal Prince Road" to a new name ( 太子道 ) that is literally "Crown Prince Road" . In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road West starts from Kowloon City where it succeeds Prince Edward Road East. It runs across Kowloon City and Prince Edward, and ends at Tai Kok Tsui at an intersection with Tong Mi Road and West Kowloon Corridor . It

88-693: The Prince Edward Road. In 1979, it became the Prince Edward Road East. The modern Prince Edward Road East starts from Choi Hung Interchange , where it meets Clear Water Bay Road to the northeast and Kwun Tong Road to the southeast. Then it goes west along the boundary between San Po Kong and the retired Kai Tak Airport , and finally ends at Olympic Garden in Kowloon City, where it branches into three roads, Ma Tau Chung Road , Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West. Prince Edward Road East

99-423: The areas around Kwun Tong Bypass , Kai Yip Estate , the ex-premise of St. Joseph's Anglo-Chinese School , Kowloon Bay station , Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate , Ting Fu Street , Ngau Tau Kok station , Millennium City , apm Millennium City 5 shopping mall , the roundabout with Hip Wo Street and Hoi Yuen Road beneath Kwun Tong station of MTR , and Bus Terminus. When Kwun Tong station was being built in 1979,

110-444: The government named this road Prince Edward Road. In the 1930s, Prince Edward Road was extended to the area of Ngau Chi Wan. During Japanese occupation , the road was renamed as Kashima-dori ( 鹿島通り ). Prince Edward Road West is a road between Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong and Kowloon City. This road was originally named Edward Avenue ( 宜華徑 ) before 1924. It was later renamed Prince Edward Road ( 英皇子道 ) in 1924, and in 1958

121-495: Was once misspelled as "Princess Edward Road East" by MTR Corporation in the map describing Sha Tin to Central Link (from Diamond Hill station to Kai Tak ). On 9 May 2005, a dozen stacks of shelving on a construction site next to the road fell off due to adverse weather conditions. The relevant section of the road was closed, leading to a severe disruption of traffic among East Kowloon, and affecting more than 100,000 people. West Kowloon Corridor West Kowloon Corridor

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