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{{Short description|Road in Hong Kong}}
[[Image:Ching cheung road 01.JPG|thumb|Ching Cheung Road.]]

'''Ching Cheung Road''' ({{Lang-zh|t=呈祥道|j=ching4 cheung4 dou6}}), part of the [[Route 7 (Hong Kong)|Route 7]], is a [[dual carriageway]] in [[New Kowloon]], [[Hong Kong]] linking [[Lung Cheung Road]] and [[Tai Po Road]] near [[Tai Wo Ping]] and [[Kwai Chung Road]] of [[Route 5 (Hong Kong)|Route 5]] near [[Lai Chi Kok]], varying between 2+2 lanes and 3+4 lanes for its length.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hk-place.com/db.php?post=d006010 |title=香港地方 呈祥道及龍翔道歷史 |access-date=2008-03-23 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131354/http://www.hk-place.com/db.php?post=d006010 |url-status= |language=yue}}</ref><ref>https://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report-bc/eia011/eiar06.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> This road was named in honour of Sir [[David Trench]], the [[Governor of Hong Kong]] when it was finished, and the road's name was derived from the connection of his Chinese name ({{lang|zh-hant|戴麟趾}}) and the proverb “{{lang|zh-hant|麟趾呈祥}}” ([[Jyutping]]: ''lun4 zi2 cing4 coeng4'').

[[Kwun Tong]] (connected by [[Lung Cheung Road]] and Kwun Tong Road) in eastern New Kowloon was the main [[economy of Hong Kong|manufacturing centre of Hong Kong]] during [[1960s in Hong Kong|the 1960s]]. To provide a more efficient link to the [[Containerisation|container]] [[Container terminal|terminal]]s near [[Kwai Chung]] and other [[industry (manufacturing)|industrial]] areas in western New Kowloon, two roads were built along the hillside in the north of developed New Kowloon. Ching Cheung Road is the western section of the route.

In 1997 it was closed for three weeks because of a major landslip during the passage of [[1997 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Victor|Severe Tropical Storm Victor]] across the territory.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-08-05 |title=Landslip repairs may close road for week |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/206472/landslip-repairs-may-close-road-week |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-08-25 |title=Road reopens |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/208719/road-reopens |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

There are three major junctions on this road, namely [[Kwai Chung Road]], [[Butterfly Valley]] and [[Tai Po Road]]. The stretch of the road between [[St Raphael's Catholic Cemetery]] and [[Lai Chi Kok Bay|Lai Wan Road]] forms the boundary between Sham Shui Po and Kwai Chung districts.<ref>https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/dc2000f.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.eac.hk/en/distco/report_2a.htm{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref>

==See also==
*{{Section link|List of streets and roads in Hong Kong#Kowloon and New Kowloon}}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Ching Cheung Road}}


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[[Category:Roads in New Kowloon]]
[[Category:Route 7 (Hong Kong)]]
[[Category:Viaducts in Hong Kong]]