Johnston Road

Johnston Road (traditional Chinese: 莊士敦道; simplified Chinese: 庄士敦道; Jyutping: jong1 si6 deun1 dou6; pinyin: Zhuāngshìdūn Dào) is a major road in Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong.

It is shaped like a bow with the string being Hennessy Road and the Caltex petrol station, where the Wallace Harper & Co Ltd was located, the Southorn Playground and the Methodist House [tw] in between.

The road was named after Alexander Robert Johnston, the British Deputy Superintendent of Trade during the First Opium War.

He was the government administrator even before Sir Henry Pottinger was appointed the first Hong Kong governor in 1842.

The faster transport MTR is located near the road with some exits of Wan Chai station nearby.

View of the eastern part of Johnston Road, near the Caltex gas station in May 2007. Looking southwest. May Wah Building is visible in the centre of the picture.
The renovated building at Nos. 60-66 Johnston Road in December 2010
Chinese Methodist Church at the western end of Johnston Road in June 2007.
Old entertainment and a tram stop in Johnston Road in April 2006
American TV show The Amazing Race 30 has once set a Pit Stop on this road at the junction shown here. Taken in November 2018.