Connaught Road


Connaught Road 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.

Location

The road consists of two adjoining sections, namely Connaught Road Central and Connaught Road West.
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,. 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.

History

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, The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn visited the Colony of Hong Kong, when Francis Fleming, the then acting governor, announced a new road to be constructed in front of the old "Bowring Praya". This newly constructed road was then named Connaught Road, after the royal duke. A statue of the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn once also occupied the junction of Pedder Street.
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.
During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Connaught Road was renamed Sumiyoshi Dori.

Structures along Connaught Road

Connaught Road Central