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Victoria Park Road () is a road in
Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is list of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong, an area and Victoria Park, Hong Kong, a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern District, Hong Kong, Eastern and the Wan Chai District, Wan Chai ...
,
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. Its western section between Gloucester Road and
Island Eastern Corridor The Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) is an expressway built along the northeastern shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It starts from Causeway Bay in the west and ends in Chai Wan in the east. It is mostly part of Route 4. The section be ...
before the completion of
Central–Wan Chai Bypass The Central–Wan Chai Bypass is a trunk road running between Sheung Wan and Fortress Hill on Hong Kong Island. The original design consists of a 2.3 km dual three-lane tunnel running under new reclamation areas provided by the Central and ...
, served as a portion of Route 4. It starts at the junction of
Route 1 The following highways are numbered 1. For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads. For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads. For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads. For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads. For roads numbered S ...
and ends in Hing Fat Street. The road is 750 metres long and was built in 1972 by reclamation following the shoreline, along with the
Cross-Harbour Tunnel The Cross-Harbour Tunnel (abbreviated CHT or XHT) is the first tunnel in Hong Kong built underwater. It consists of two steel road tunnels, each with two lanes constructed using the single shell immersed tube method. It is the earliest of ...
. Its northern side abuts
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is a typhoon shelter located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, between the Hong Kong Island entrance of Cross-Harbour Tunnel on Kellett Island and Island Eastern Corridor. It was the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong. It is ...
, while to its south is Victoria Park, after which it is named. There is also a one lane tunnel that connects the road to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. In 2022, the section of harbourfront between the road and Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter was redeveloped and expanded, as part of the overall development of
Victoria Harbour Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...
waterfront.The Revitalised Typhoon Shelter Precinct, Causeway Bay
Harbourfront Commission, 7 Sept 2022


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Former Part of Route 4 (Hong Kong) Roads on Hong Kong Island Causeway Bay {{HongKong-road-stub