Tai O Road
{{Short description|Major road on Lantau Island, Hong Kong}}
{{Use Hong Kong English|date=June 2025}}
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| name = Tai O Road
| native_name = {{lang|yue-HK|大澳道}}
| image = File:Tai O Road (Hong Kong).jpg
| caption = Looking westward on Tai O Road near Tai O town, 2012
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| namesake = Tai O
| length_km = 2.7
|direction_a = West
|terminus_a = Tai O Bus Terminus, Tai O
|direction_b = East
|terminus_b = Keung Shan Road near Kwun Yam Temple, Hang Pui
| location = Islands District, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong
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| completion_date = 29 March 1971
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Tai O Road ({{lang-zh|t=大澳道|p=Dà'ào Dào|cy=daai6 ou3 dou6}}) is a main road in Islands District, Hong Kong. It is the west-most part of the main roads in south Lantau Island. It starts halfway down the side of Keung Shan, near Kwun Yam Monastery and Hang Pui, and runs downhill to the fishing town of Tai O, the only road access for the town. The road connects to Keung Shan Road and then South Lantau Road towards the rest of Lantau. It is around 2.7 kilometers long.
History
Tai O Road was completed 29 March 1971,{{cite web |url=https://industrialhistoryhk.org/toi-shan-dau-sedan-chairs-at-tai-o/ |last=Farmer |first=Hugh |date=18 June 2020 |title=Sedan Chairs at Tai O, Lantau Island |publisher=The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group |access-date=22 June 2025 |lang=en-HK}} providing direct access by road from Mui Wo to Tai O. It continues from Keung Shan Road in the east, which was completed in 1966.{{cite web | url=https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1968 | title=Hong Kong Historic Maps - Reference 1968: Hong Kong & Kowloon Survey Sheets |publisher=Hong Kong Maps Version 2.0 |date=2021 |access-date=22 June 2025 |lang=en-HK |quote=Year: 1968/Scale: 1 to 600/Source: Hong Kong Map Service [with a hyperlink to data.gov.hk/en-data/dataset/hk-landsd-openmap-old-survey-sheets]/Notes: Detailed 1968 plans for the urban and NT areas developed and maintained by the Land and Survey Office}} This replaced the ferries operated from Yaumatei Ferry Pier, which only had three services each day.{{Cite web |script-title=zh:在上世紀1971年「大澳道」建成通車之前... | url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/taioer/posts/3693413474242242/ | access-date=2025-06-20 | work=生於大澳 長於大澳 Facebook group |date=15 July 2024 |last=Tang |first=Kai Tsau |quote=由於當年大澳與市區交通是靠油麻地小輪維繫，每日三個班次。部份大澳居民為了爭取時間出港，徒步山路往下羗山搭巴士到梅窩轉乘渡輪出市區，往返一樣。 |lang=zh-HK}}
Access
The entirety of Tai O Road is within the Lantau Closed Area, requiring a permit to access by vehicle. Access by road is through Tung Chung Road, South Lantau Road and then Keung Shan Road.{{cite web | url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/licences_and_permits/lantau_closed_road_permit/driving_on_lantau_island/index.html | title=Transport Department - Driving on Lantau Island Scheme}}{{Cite web |title=Lantau Closed Road |script-title=zh:大嶼山封閉道路 |date=May 2015 |url=https://www.td.gov.hk/filemanager/tc/content_4732/tips_tc.pdf |publisher=Hong Kong Transport Department (map from Lands Department) |page=2 |lang=zh-hk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805142022/http://www.td.gov.hk:80/filemanager/tc/content_4732/lantau%20closed%20road_option1(web)_2016-06-14_tc.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-05}}
Facilities
Facilities along the road include Tai O Fire Station (No.120), Buddhist Fat Ho Memorial College (No.99){{Cite web | url=https://schina.hkust.edu.hk/sites/default/files/pub/attach/Tai%20O%20Inscription_e-book.pdf | title=大澳碑銘彙編 | language=zh | trans-title=A Collection of Tai O Inscriptions | website=schina.hkust.edu.hk}}
Services
New Lantao Bus Routes 1, 11, 21, N1 serve Tai O via Tai O Road towards Mui Wo, Tung Chung, Ngong Ping, and Mui Wo (night service) respectively.{{cite web | url=https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/2018/ln87!zh-hant-hk | title=Hong Kong e-Legislation}}
Communities
Communities are listed from east to west.
See also
References
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