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_turn-off_on_Route_Twisk.JPG) Tai Mo Shan Road turn-off on Route Twisk. MacLehose Trail Stage 8 runs along this road. | |
| Native name | 荃錦公路 (Chinese) |
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| Length | 11.5 km (7.1 mi)[1] |
| From | Tsuen Kam Interchange |
| Major junctions | Tai Mo Shan Road |
| To | Lam Kam Road |
| Construction | |
| Inauguration | Late 1940s |
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| Traditional Chinese | 荃錦公路 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 荃锦公路 | ||||||||||||
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Route Twisk is a steep and tortuous dual-lane road in Hong Kong, linking Tsuen Wan and Pat Heung via Shek Kong. It joins Kam Tin Road and Lam Kam Road north in Kam Tin, and ends in the Tsuen Kam Interchange south in Tsuen Wan.
It was named for the initials of the two places it links: Tsun Wan (ie Tsuen Wan) and Shek Kong.[2] 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 Tai Mo Shan, the highest peak in Hong Kong. The last section of Stage 8 of the MacLehose Trail 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, vehicles longer than 10 metres are prohibited except for some buses that have obtained permits to run on the road.[3]
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- ^ "Route Twisk Restrictions" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2013.