Hennessy Road

Road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong

22°16′40″N 114°10′21″E / 22.2778264°N 114.172409°E / 22.2778264; 114.172409East endYee Wo StreetWest endQueensway

Hennessy Road

Traditional Chinese

軒尼詩道

Simplified Chinese

轩尼诗道

Cantonese Yale

Hīn nèih sī douh

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xuānníshīdào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hīn nèih sī douh
Jyutping	Hin¹ nei⁴ si¹ dou⁶

Hennessy Road (Chinese: 軒尼詩道) is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

It connects Yee Wo Street on the east in Causeway Bay, at the junction with East Point Road, Jardine's Bazaar and Great George Street in East Point, through Bowrington, to Queensway on its western end in Wan Chai.

It is a two-way road with two to three lanes of traffic on each side, which is shared by tram services. The road was built in the 20th century and is 1.86 kilometres (1.16 mi) in length.

The road is named after John Pope Hennessy, the Governor of Hong Kong between 1877 and 1882.

The portion of the road passing through Causeway Bay was one of the locations occupied during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.^[1]^[2]

Landmarks

Sogo Hong Kong – department store at 555 Hennessy Road, since 1985^[3]
Hysan Place – shopping mall and office building at 500 Hennessy Road. It is developed by Hysan Development Company Limited at the former site of Hennessy Centre and is due for completion in August 2012.^[4]

Transport

The tram once set up its terminal at the end of this street in 20th century (the former site of the Times Square). It now passes through the street to both ends of the Hong Kong Island.

Due to heavy congestion during peak hours, long haul bus routes are not routed through the road.^[5]

References

^ Chan, Samuel (15 December 2014). "'Occupy is over': Hong Kong chief executive announces end to protests as Causeway Bay is cleared". South China Morning Post.
^ Release, Press (6 October 2014). "Protests cause serious traffic congestion on HK Island and in Kowloon". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
^ "Sogo department store" Archived 2012-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Sogo Hong Kong. Retrieved 2012-03-09
^ Ha, Karen (9 March 2012). "Hysan rides wave of high office, shop rents". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
^ "Bus Route Planning Programme for Southern District 2016–17" (PDF). Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong: 3. 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2017.