Route 9 (Hong Kong)

Route 9
Shing Mun Tunnels, Shing Mun Tunnel Road, Tai Po Road, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, San Tin Highway, Yuen Long Highway, Tuen Mun Road, Cheung Pei Shan Road
Route 9 coloured red
Route information
Maintained by Highways Department
Length:	70.6 km (43.9 mi)
Existed:	1977 (Tuen Mun Road) – present
Major junctions
Beltway around New Territories
From:	Shing Mun Tunnels toll plaza near Wo Yi Hop
	Route 8 in Sha Tin Town Centre Route 1 in Fo Tan Route 2 in Ma Liu Shui Route 3 near Au Tau Route 10 near Lam Tei Route 3 near Ting Kau Route 5 near Chai Wan Kok
To:	Shing Mun Tunnels toll plaza near Wo Yi Hop
Location
Districts:	Tsuen Wan, Sha Tin, Tai Po, North, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun
Highway system
Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System ← Route 8 Route 10 →

Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

Route 9 (Chinese: 九號幹綫), Hong Kong is one of the strategic trunk roads, mostly in the form of an expressway, circumnavigating the New Territories. The route is also known as the New Territories Circular Road (新界環迴公路). Starting from the Shing Mun Tunnels, Route 9 goes in a counter-clockwise direction, linking Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui, Yuen Long, Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan.

Route 9 was established after a shake-up of the route number system in January 2004, replacing the old system which had been used since 1974.

Like other strategic routes in Hong Kong, Route 9 consists of several sections.

The section from Tsuen Wan to Sha Tin is derived from the former Route 5, which includes the Shing Mun Tunnels and most of the Tai Po Road - Sha Tin Section. This section was opened in 1990.

Route 9 then runs in a northerly direction via the remaining portion of Tai Po Road - Sha Tin until the Racecourse Interchange, where it continues via the 12.3 km-long Tolo Highway (opened in 1985) to Lam Kam Road Interchange, to the north of Tai Po. The widening of Tolo Highway between Ma Liu Shui and Tai Po to a dual 3-lane motorway was completed in 2003. It is built to full British motorway standards (3/4 lanes and a hard shoulder). The Tolo Highway continues as another dual 3-lane expressway, Fanling Highway, which was completed in three stages between 1985 and 1987, running due north and north-west, connecting Tai Po North and Pak Shek Au, near San Tin.