Route 6 (Hong Kong)
Route 6 | ||||
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Alignment and exits of Route 6 (zoom in to view exit details) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Highways Department | ||||
| History | Construction started in 2017 | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end | Route 3 near Yau Ma Tei | |||
| Route 5 near Kai Tak Route 2 near Lam Tin | ||||
| East end | Cross Bay Link | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | China | |||
| Special administrative region | Hong Kong | |||
| Districts | Yau Tsim Mong, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, Sai Kung | |||
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Route 6 (Chinese: 香港六號幹綫) is a partially open trunk route in Hong Kong, planned to be completed in its entirety in 2026. It is the newest trunk route to be numbered under the Strategic Route Number System. The section between Tseung Kwan O and Lam Tin consisting of the new Cross Bay Link and Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel opened to traffic on 11 December, 2022, while the Central Kowloon Bypass opened on 21 December, 2025. Its western and eastern termini are at the intersection with Route 3 in West Kowloon and the Tseung Kwan O Interchange of the Cross Bay Link, respectively. Although not officially part of Route 6, the Cross Bay Link carries traffic further to its two eastern termini, one at Po Shun Road in Tseung Kwan O and the other at Wan O Road in LOHAS Park.
When completed, it will continue from the Lam Tin Interchange through a new unnamed submarine tunnel towards the Kai Tak Development Area, intersecting with Route 5 and connecting with the Central Kowloon Bypass. The Kowloon Bay section including Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling tunnel is expected to open sometime in mid-2026.[1] It was marked as a high-priority trunk route in the Third Comprehensive Transport Study.[2]
The route significantly relieves the congestion problem in Kowloon, cutting the travel time between Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon Bay from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.[3], while also serving as an alternative route for the existing Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.
Exits and Junctions
| Location | Road Name | km | mi | Exit | Yau Ma Tei (West) bound destination | Tseung Kwan O (East) bound destination | Notes |
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| Tseung Kwan O | Tseung Lam Highway | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1A | Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Tiu Keng Leng | ||
| 0.5 - 2.7 | 0.3 - 1.7 | Tseung Kwan O–Lam Tin Tunnel | |||||
| Lam Tin | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1B | Route 2 Eastern Harbour Crossing (southbound) – Hong Kong (East) | |||
| 2.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Cha Kwo Ling Road – Yau Tong and Kwun Tong | ||||
| — | — | Cha Kwo Ling Road – Hong Kong (East), Yau Tong and Kwun Tong | |||||
| Kowloon Bay | Central Kowloon Bypass (Kowloon Bay Section) | — | — | Central Kowloon Bypass (Kowloon Bay Section) | Under construction (2026) | ||
| Kowloon Bay | Central Kowloon Bypass (Yau Ma Tei Section) | — | — | 3A | Shing Cheong Road - Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Hong Kong Children's Hospital | ||
| — | — | 3B | Route 5 Kai Fuk Road - Kwun Tong, Hong Kong (East) | ||||
| — | — | 3C | Kai Cheung Road, Shing Kai Road - Kowloon Bay, Kai Tak, Kai Tak Sports Park, To Kwa Wan | ||||
| Yau Ma Tei | — | — | 4A | Lin Cheung Road (northbound) – Tai Kok Tsui | |||
| — | — | 4B | Route 3 Western Harbour Crossing – Hong Kong (West) | ||||
| — | — | 4C | Lin Cheung Road (southbound) - Yau Ma Tei | ||||
| Joins Route 3 (West Kowloon Highway) (northbound) | |||||||