Junction Road, Hong Kong
Junction Road (Chinese: 聯合道; Cantonese Yale: Lyùhnhahp Dou) is a road in Kowloon, Hong Kong which runs between Kowloon City and Kowloon Tong.
History
[edit ]The streets in Kowloon City, including Junction Road, were laid out in the late 1920s and early 1930s. However, at this stage, Junction Road only extended a short distance from Prince Edward Road.[1] By 1960, Junction Road had been extended as far as Dumbarton Road[2] and during the 1960s, it was extended through Lok Fu to Waterloo Road.
As a child Bruce Lee was in a gang called the Junction Street Eight Tigers.[3]
Location
[edit ]Junction Road runs north–south connecting Waterloo Road and Prince Edward Road West. At a length of 1600 metres, it runs through the areas of Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Tsai, Lok Fu and Kowloon City.
Features
[edit ]Features from north to south include:
- Kowloon East Barracks
- Junction Road Park
- Lok Fu Park
- Lok Fu Estate
- Bishop Walsh Primary School (#150)
- Chinese Christian Cemetery
- Arts & Technology Education Centre
- HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity
- Mei Tung Estate (Mei Yan House)
- Hau Wong Temple, at the junction with Tung Tau Tsuen Road. Built around 1730.[4]
- Munsang College
- Carpenter Road Park
- Holy Family Canossian School
References
[edit ]- ^ "Heritage Impact Assessment of Stone Houses at Junction Road, Kowloon City" (PDF). Antiquities and Monuments Office. June 2011. p. 9. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Heritage Impact Assessment of Stone Houses at Junction Road, Kowloon City" (PDF). Antiquities and Monuments Office. June 2011. p. 19. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Bruce Lee's Journey From Street Tough to Cinema Legend". Newsweek. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Hau Wong Temple, Junction Road, on the Chinese Temples Committee website". Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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