Marsh Road is a road in Wan Chai

Wan Chai

Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...

, Hong Kong

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 starts from Hennessy Road

Hennessy Road

Hennessy Road is a thoroughfare on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It connects Yee Wo Street on the east in Causeway Bay, and Queensway on the western end in Wan Chai.The road is named after John Pope Hennessy, the Governor of Hong Kong between 1877 and 1882....

, crossing Lockhart Road

Lockhart Road

Lockhart Road is a road spanning the whole length of Wan Chai from east to west on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It begins at Arsenal Street in the west and ends in East Point Road in East Point.- History :...

, Jaffe Road

Jaffe Road

Jaffe Road is a long street in Hong Kong that runs between and parallel to Gloucester Road and Lockhart Road. At both the Wanchai and Causeway Bay ends of the street there are many bars and restaurants....

 and Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road, Hong Kong

Gloucester Road is a major road in Hong Kong. It is in the north of Wan Chai and East Point on Hong Kong Island. It connects to Harcourt Road at its western end and it ends east along west side of Victoria Park. It forms part of Hong Kong's Route 4 and connects to the Island Eastern Corridor via...

 and ends in Hung Hing Road

Hung Hing Road

Hung Hing Road is a road along Victoria Harbour in Wan Chai North on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It extends west to Convention Avenue at the junction with Tonnochy Road near Wan Chai Sports Ground, and east along the shore to Kellett Island, where Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and an...

 near Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour situated between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on the South China Sea were instrumental in Hong Kong's establishment as a British colony and its subsequent...

. The wide Gloucester Road breaks the street in two parts. The flyover across Gloucester Road links two parts of the road and Wan Chai North with Wan Chai.

History

The road was built after the reclamation by Hong Kong Government from 1922 to 1928 and named after William Henry Marsh

William Henry Marsh

William Henry Marsh was a British colonial administrator, who governed Hong Kong as a colonial administrator twice. The first tenure started in March, 1882, and ended in March 1883, when Sir George Ferguson Bowen succeeded him as the 9th Governor of Hong Kong...

, a colonial administrator of Hong Kong. It spanned from Hennessy Road to Gloucester Road. In 1960s reclamation, the road extended to Hung Hing Road.