Hennessy Road
Road in Wan Chai, Hong Kong / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hennessy Road (Chinese: 軒尼詩道) is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Native name | 軒尼詩道 (Yue Chinese) |
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Namesake | John Pope Hennessy |
Length | 1.86 kilometres (1.16 mi) |
Location | Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
Coordinates | 22°16′40″N 114°10′21″E |
East end | Yee Wo Street |
West end | Queensway |
Hennessy Road | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 軒尼詩道 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 轩尼诗道 | ||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Hīn nèih sī douh | ||||||||||||
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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]