Where is the busiest street in Hong Kong?

Nathan Road is located in Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong, connecting Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui, and it is one of the most famous streets in Hong Kong. The road runs from Salisbury Road in the south to Cheung Sha Wan Road in the north and runs through Jordan and Yau Ma Tei. It is the most important trunk road in Kowloon. The total length is about 3600 meters. MTR Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line both pass through this road from Prince Edward Station to tsim sha tsui station.

history

Nathan Road was built by British engineers as early as the summer of 1860. It turned out that before the signing of the Beijing Treaty between China and Britain, the Kowloon Peninsula had been leased to the British Hong Kong Government by the then Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lao Rongguang, at the annual cost of 500 yuan. Nathan Road was originally named Robinson Road to commemorate Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of Kowloon Peninsula, who took over at 3 pm on June186165438+1October 19. 1887 Nathan Road (then Robinson Road) only extends to Middle Road in the south and Austin Road in the north.

1904, the Governor Sir Milton made great efforts to develop the Kowloon Peninsula. In order to make the British section of Kowloon-Canton Railway develop more actively, Nathan Road was widened into a main street and extended to Waterloo Road. March 1909, 19 In order to avoid confusion between this road and the street of the same name on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong Government decided to rename this road Nathan Road in memory of Sir Milton [1] and [2], the governor who expanded this road. When Nathan Road was first widened into a six-lane road with trees planted on both sides, Kowloon Peninsula was still a sparsely populated area. At that time, people called Nathan a fool, but time has proved Sir Nathan's foresight.

19 1 1 year, British Crown Prince George V was crowned king. To commemorate this event, the Hong Kong Government named the newly completed new road from Waterloo Road to Argyle Street "Coronation Road". 1926, Coronation Road extends to Boundary Street, and the Hong Kong Government decided to merge Coronation Road and Nathan Road into Nathan Road.

Before1960s, Nathan Road was a boulevard. Later, most of the trees were sawed off because they blocked the double-decker bus. At present, only a small part of Kowloon Park still retains the big trees planted that year.

The face of life

Because Nathan Road is a densely populated area, traffic is busy from morning till night, and traffic accidents often occur. Therefore, the Hong Kong government not only set up traffic black spot warning signs to remind passers-by and drivers to pay attention to traffic safety, but also built pedestrian subways along the roads. & ltbr/>； & ltbr/>； The following roads are arranged from north to south:

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