Hiram's Highway
Encyclopedia
Hiram's Highway is a road in Hong Kong
. It connects the town of Sai Kung
to the Clear Water Bay Road
at Ta Ku Ling
. It connects the Po Tung Road in the north.
A new straightened road, the New Hiram's Highway, near Nam Wai was opened recently to provide an alternative route, bypassing a steep, bendy section of the original road.
Unlike other roads in Hong Kong with the word "Highway" as part of their names, the Hiram's Highway is not a motorway/an expressway.
It earned its name from its reconstruction of a Japanese track in the immediate post Second World War years by the Royal Marines. The officer in charge, K Potts, was nicknamed Hiram ('Hiram K Potts') because of his alleged passion for an American brand of tinned sausages. Hence 'Hiram's Highway'.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. It connects the town of Sai Kung
Sai Kung Town
Sai Kung Town or simply Sai Kung is a town on Sai Kung Peninsula, facing the Sai Kung Hoi , part of Sai Kung District in the New Territories, Hong Kong...
to the Clear Water Bay Road
Clear Water Bay Road
Clear Water Bay Road is a major road from a complex interchange in Ngau Chi Wan to a dead end in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung. It also is a route to Sai Kung Town and Tseung Kwan O via Hang Hau Road and Hiram's Highway respectively...
at Ta Ku Ling
Ta Ku Ling
Ta Ku Ling is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong, where the Hiram's Highway and the Clear Water Bay Road join. Northeast of Razor Hill and south of a hill of same name, the area administratively belongs to Sai Kung District....
. It connects the Po Tung Road in the north.
A new straightened road, the New Hiram's Highway, near Nam Wai was opened recently to provide an alternative route, bypassing a steep, bendy section of the original road.
Unlike other roads in Hong Kong with the word "Highway" as part of their names, the Hiram's Highway is not a motorway/an expressway.
It earned its name from its reconstruction of a Japanese track in the immediate post Second World War years by the Royal Marines. The officer in charge, K Potts, was nicknamed Hiram ('Hiram K Potts') because of his alleged passion for an American brand of tinned sausages. Hence 'Hiram's Highway'.