Route Twisk
{{short description|Road in New Territories, Hong Kong}}
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{{Infobox street
| name = Route Twisk
| native_name = {{native name|zh|荃錦公路}}
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| map =
| length_mi =
| length_km = 11.5
| length_round =
| inauguration_date = Late 1940s
| allocation =
| direction_a =
| terminus_a = Tsuen Kam Interchange
| junction = Tai Mo Shan Road
| direction_b =
| terminus_b = Lam Kam Road
| image = R38943394595 Tai Mo Shan Road (大帽山道) turn-off on Route Twisk.JPG
| caption = Tai Mo Shan Road turn-off on Route Twisk. MacLehose Trail Stage 8 runs along this road.
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{{Chinese
| first = t
| t = 荃錦公路
| s = 荃锦公路
| y = chyun4 gam2 gung1 lou6
| j = cyun4 gam2 gung1 lou6
| p = Quánjǐn gōnglù
}}
Route Twisk (Chinese: 荃錦公路) 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.[https://gwulo.com/route-twisk Route Twisk {1953- }], Gwulo, 10 May 2019 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.{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=22.376158,114.12021&spn=0.001347,0.002642&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=22.376083,114.120262&panoid=NbHUgb1b5uliTYbbO0oiww&cbp=12,286.52,,1,-1.53 |title=Route Twisk Restrictions |accessdate=August 7, 2013}}
History
In the late 1940s, Route Twisk was built for military use.{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |title=Streets:Exploring Kowloon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyfPeYnp3-oC&dq=Route+Twisk&pg=PA190 |access-date=August 7, 2013 |year=2007 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-9622098138 |page=190}} In early 1960s, Hong Kong Government sought successfully to acquire the road from the British forces and opened it to the public on 25 May 1961.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
The road ended in Castle Peak Road in Tsuen Wan originally. It was shortened to Tsuen Kam Interchange for the construction of MTR Tsuen Wan line.
Major intersections
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|county_special=Tsuen Wan
|location_special=Tsuen Wan
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|type=
|km=0.00
|road={{Jct|country=HKG|Route|9|name1=Cheung Pei Shan Road}} / Tai Ho Road North / Texaco Road North
|notes=Roundabout; also known as Tsuen Kam Interchange
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{{Jctint
|country=HKG
|county_special=Tsuen Wan–
Yuen Long District line
|location_special=Tai Mo Shan
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|km=6.2
|road=Tai Mo Shan Road
|notes=
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{{Jctint
|country=HKG
|county_special=Yuen Long
|location_special=Kam Tin
|lspan=
|type=
|km=11.5
|road= Kam Tin Road / Lam Kam Road
|notes=Roundabout
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Route Twisk}}
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- [http://www.centamap.com/gc/home.aspx?x=828849&y=829446&sx=828849.09824&sy=829446.07704&z=6 CentaLink map of Route Twisk] (incorrectly labelled Tsuen Kam Road; the correct English name is shown if the map is zoomed in)
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