Fan Kam Road (), formerly known as Fan Kam Road (粉錦路), is a road connecting Sheung Shui in North District with Pat Heung in Yuen Long District, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is 7.8 kilometres long. Its eastern terminus is at the junction of Po Shek Wu Road and Fanling Highway in Sheung Shui, and its western terminus is beside Pat Heung Police Station in Pat Heung, at its junction with .
The road was built by the Hong Kong Government in the early 1950s, together with Route Twisk and Lam Kam Road, to form a road network connecting the eastern and northern parts of the New Territories.
History Following the early opening of Lam Kam Road in April 1953 for the convenience of residents, Fan Kam Road opened to traffic in July of the same year, connecting Sheung Shui with Kam Tin and Pat Heung; at the time it was named Fan Kam Road (粉錦路). When the road first opened, residents living along it who wished to drive on it had to apply to the government for a permit, at a cost of one dollar per application. As a result, traffic on the road was initially sparse, with only vehicles of the British Hong Kong garrison and the police passing through. In September 1953, residents of the villages along Fan Kam Road wrote to Kowloon Motor Bus requesting that the company provide them with bus services. In November 1955, the then KMB Route 18 (now ) was rerouted via Fan Kam Road, and remains to this day the only bus route to travel along the road. On 24 August 1979, the road was renamed Fan Kam Road (粉錦公路).
Junctions
Wang Toi Shan Shan Tsuen Road Tsiu Keng Road Po Kin Road Castle Peak Road – Kwu Tung Section Fanling Highway Po Shek Wu Road
References
zh:粉锦公路