Route Twisk is a steep and tortuous dual-lane road in

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, linking

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fle ...

and

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via

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. It joins Kam Tin Road and Lam Kam Road north in

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, and ends in the Tsuen Kam Interchange south in

. It was named for the initials of the two places it links: Tsun Wan (ie Tsuen Wan) and

.Route Twisk
Gwulo, 10 May 2019 A further suggestion is that it was a misprint of the identification Route TW/SK in a construction project document. It is the only link to Tai Mo Shan Road, the road leading to

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, the highest peak in

. The last section of Stage 8 of the

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runs along Tai Mo Shan Road. Opposite this intersection is a car park, and the starting point of Stage 9 of the trail, which continues in a westerly direction. Because the road is narrow and steep with many bends,

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longer than 10 metres are prohibited except for some buses that have obtained permits to run on the road.

History

In the late 1940s, Route Twisk was built for military use. In early 1960s,

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sought successfully to acquire the road from the British forces and opened it to the public on 25 May 1961. The road ended in

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in Tsuen Wan originally. It was shortened to Tsuen Kam Interchange for the construction of

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Major intersections

References

External links

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CentaLink map of Route Twisk
(incorrectly labelled ''Tsuen Kam Road''; the correct English name is shown if the map is zoomed in) Shek Kong Tsuen Wan Kam Tin Extra areas operated by NT taxis Roads in the New Territories

History

Major intersections

See also

References

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