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for the building of Happy Valley's multiple-curves, 4-lane-wide, 40-span-long viaduct, and roads – and responsible for the opening in late 1980. He had warned that the wide, sloping roads would flood rain into the
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The flyovers currently connects Aberdeen Tunnel to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel. They are a very important thoroughfare to conveniently reach
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services, in which personal enemies are cursed by beating pieces of paper representing them. The practice is especially popular during
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The area under the Canal Road Flyover, adjacent to Hennessy Road, is known for the old ladies who offer
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The original wooden bridge was replaced by an iron one that opened in March 1892. During the
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line across the waterway. The surrounding area, Bowrington, is also known as
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The flyover was expanded again and an exit connected to Canal Road East.
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and harbour tunnel, requiring flood tanks hidden under the racecourse.
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and her client under the Canal Road Flyover in Hong Kong in July 2018.
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Beanz means Hines / Peter Hines – the worldwide civil engineer
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26 January 2021 obituary and his photo on page 27 of London's
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Before urban development, the area was the estuary of the
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The area under this flyover was once visited by the
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was built. However, the name survives for the area.
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Index

Bowrington Canal

Yue Chinese
Wan Chai District
Hong Kong



Villain hitter
Chinese
Wan Chai District
Hong Kong Island
East Point
Causeway Bay
Morrison Hill
Wan Chai
Wong Nai Chung
Happy Valley
Governor of Hong Kong
John Bowring
Bowrington
yue
zh-tw
Bowrington Canal
yue
zh-tw
Wong Nai Chung
canal
Bowrington Bridge
yue

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