Road Through Building

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 08/27/2020 at 17:50 • Filed to: Hong Kong, Carpark, parking garage, roads through buildings

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Hong Kong has several “roads through buildings,” but the oldest and most well-known example is about to become history.

The elevated Gascoigne Road (b. 1977) was literally built through an existing parking garage, the Yau Ma Tei Carpark (b. 1957).

After years of delays, t he carpark is finally slated for redevelopment and will be permanently closed by January 2021.

Svend > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/27/2020 at 18:06

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So what’s happening?

Is the building being taken down around it, the road diverted or all the above? 

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Svend 08/27/2020 at 18:17

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The answer is yes!

...not sure what the specific plan is, will have to check again later when I’m done with work stuff.

dogisbadob > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/27/2020 at 18:26

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we need more of these

Doesn’t Japan have these too?

Svend > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/27/2020 at 18:34

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Nice one, cheers.

I t’s been many a year since I was in Hong Kong.

Azrek > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/27/2020 at 18:41

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You can get up to speed in this one in Chicago!

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > dogisbadob 08/27/2020 at 19:26

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The one in Osaka is probably the most famous in the world.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Azrek 08/27/2020 at 19:49

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Yeah HK has some other less notable ones.  But unlike ‘Murica, it’s blanketed in speed cameras :(

WilliamsSW > Azrek 08/27/2020 at 19:58

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Being from Chicago, the idea of a road going through a building was always no big deal to me. Downtown Chicago is built over all kinds of stuff (fun fact - ‘ground level’ is not at ground level in the Loop and even many neighborhoods beyond).

onlytwowheels > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 08/27/2020 at 20:13

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In Boston, you can drive under, but not through.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/star-market

12and35 > WilliamsSW 08/27/2020 at 22:20

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Having lived in MKE and visiting Chicago a lot....y’all have a very interesting road system and best be doing 80, 85 MPH on the 90 or 94. Goodness y’all drive fast.

WilliamsSW > 12and35 08/27/2020 at 22:44

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Lol I'm one of those people driving 80+.

12and35 > WilliamsSW 08/28/2020 at 00:15

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As an ex Wisconsinite.... You F I B.... ;)

WilliamsSW > 12and35 08/28/2020 at 00:19

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LOL - - I remember years ago (probably 15-20) one of the dog tracks in WI put up a billboard on I94 (just south of Milwaukee IIRC) that said, “The only thing faster is a car with Illinois plates!”

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Svend 08/28/2020 at 00:54

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So I’m not sure what will become of the site of the carpark.

But the road will be obsoleted by several very ambitious infrastructure projects going on in central Kowloon.

The old single-lane “thoroughfare” through the area will be replaced by a large underground highway tunnel passing from West Kowloon to East Kowloon, continuing under the old airport at Kai Tak, then finally linking up to another major tunnel project to Tseung Kwan O (historically, “Junk Bay”).

It’s actually kind of scary how much road traffic they’re attempting to divert underground to relieve congestion.

Link:

http://www.ckr-hyd.hk/about_ckr/scope.html

Another incredible decade-long project was recently completed on the Hong Kong Island side, the Central-Wanchai Bypass which created an all-new highway right underneath the famous downtown waterfront.