Route Twisk

Route Twisk
Tai Mo Shan Road turn-off on Route Twisk. MacLehose Trail Stage 8 runs along this road.
Native name荃錦公路 (Chinese)
Length11.5 km (7.1 mi)[1]
FromTsuen Kam Interchange
Major
junctions
Tai Mo Shan Road
ToLam Kam Road
Construction
InaugurationLate 1940s
Map
Route Twisk
Traditional Chinese荃錦公路
Simplified Chinese荃锦公路
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQuánjǐn gōnglù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationchyun4 gam2 gung1 lou6
Jyutpingcyun4 gam2 gung1 lou6

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GoogleMap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Route Twisk {1953- }, Gwulo, 10 May 2019
  3. ^ "Route Twisk Restrictions" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2013.