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Highway system in Taiwan

Highways in Taiwan are classified into five types:

Level Name Chinese Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hakka Numbers Notes
1 National Highways 國道 Guódào Kok-tō Koet-tho 1 – 10 Labeled as Freeway
2 Provincial Highways 省道 Shěngdào Séng-tō Sén-tho 1 – 39, 61 – 88 The latter are labeled as Expressway
3 County and City Highways 縣道、市道 Xiàndào, Shìdào Koān-tō, Chhī-tō Yen-tho, Sṳ-tho 101 – 205
4 Township and District Roads 鄉道、區道 Xiāngdào, Qūdào Kiong-tō, Khu-tō Hiông-tho, Khî-tho
5 Special Roads 專用公路 Zhuānyòng Gōnglù Choan-iōng Kong-lō͘ Chôn-yung Kûng-lu

The system does not apply to other parts of Taiwan, namely Kinmen and Lienchiang counties, and islands in the South China Sea.

Expressways in Taiwan may be controlled-access highways similar to National Freeways or limited-access roads. Most have urban roads and intra-city expressways (as opposed to Highway system) status, although some are built and maintained by cities.

Pedestrians

Pedestrian is one topic where few progress have been observed, from 429 in 2011 to a high of 458 in 2019 to 410 last year. The number of injured climbed, from 13,787 in 2011 to 15,589 last year.[1]

This record is related to infrastructure and education different from that of other industrialized territories.[2]

The numbering system

As a general rule, the odd numbers represent north–south highways and even numbers represent east–west. The numbers increase moving west to east and north to south. Major north-south provincial highways are indicated by a one-digit number. Special routes of a highway use the same number, followed by a heavenly stem character. However, for English translation, these characters are replaced by letters in the alphabetical order.

National highways

National highways are freeways[nb 1].

 
National highways of Taiwan

History

The first controlled-access highway, and a predecessor to the national highways in Taiwan, was the MacArthur Thruway, built in 1964 between Keelung and Taipei.[3] Construction on the first modern national highway, National Highway 1 began in 1971. The northern section between Keelung and Zhongli was completed in 1974, and the entire freeway was completed in 1978. It runs from the northern harbor city of Keelung to the southern harbor city of Kaohsiung, while there was an 8.6-kilometre (5.3 mi) branch (No. 1A) connecting to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport).

Construction began on the other freeways in the late 1980s. The northern section of the second north–south freeway (National Highway 3) between Xizhi and Hsinchu was completed in 1997. The No. 1A Branch was extended to link No. 3 Freeway at Yingge, Taipei, and renamed as the National Highway 2. Three other short freeways (No. 4, No. 8, and No. 10) were built to link the two north–south freeways in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City), Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), and Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City), respectively. The entire No. 3 Freeway was completed in January 2004.

To ease the congestion of No. 1 Freeway in the Taipei metropolitan area, a 20-kilometre (12 mi) viaduct was built in 1997 along the original freeway between Xizhi and the Wugu District of New Taipei to serve as a bypass for traffic not exiting and entering the freeway within Taipei.

The construction of a freeway connecting the Taipei metropolitan area and Yilan County began in 1991 and was completed in June 2006. It includes a 12.9-kilometre (8.0 mi) tunnel (Hsuehshan Tunnel), which is the ninth-longest road tunnel in the world. An extension from Yilan County to Hualien County is planned. However, its construction is being delayed by environmental concerns.

On January 2, 2014, the toll system was converted to a distance-based one. Tolls are no longer collected at toll booths but automatically by electronic toll collection (ETC).

Features

Length, exits, and entrances

Every one tenth of a kilometer is marked on the freeway with Arabic numerals to indicate freeway mileage, which indicates the number of kilometers away from the northern end or western end of the freeway. Exit numbers are based on the freeway mileage. With the notable exception of exit-only signs, which are only expressed in Chinese (but with a right arrow indicating an exit-only lane), exit notification and system route reminder signs in the freeway system are almost identical to their US counterparts.

 
A diagram that distinguishes an exit only lane from the regular lanes. The exit only lane has a right-turn arrow symbol and Chinese characters that say "Exit exclusive lane."

There are four types of exit notification signs. The first notification sign appears two kilometers before the exit, providing the destination name and an Exit 2 km notice. The second sign appears one kilometer before the exit, providing the destination name and a Right Lane notice. The Right Lane notice warns the exiting driver to start switching to the right lane in preparation to exit and does not necessarily indicate that the right lane is an exit-only lane. The third sign appears a few hundred meters before the exit, providing the destination name and a right tilted arrow. The fourth sign is located at the exit and says Exit with a tilted right arrow.

 
Sign that indicates that the exit is two kilometers away.
 
Sign that indicates that the exit is one kilometer away.

Exit notification signs were slightly altered in December 2005. The green exit mileage label on top of the exit notification sign has been replaced with a yellow exit mileage label accompanied with the Chinese code name of the interchange. The Chinese code name of the interchange does not necessarily reflect the destinations listed on the exit signs and may represent the general location of the freeway interchange.

Long rectangular-dash dividers usually separate normal lanes. Short rectangular-dash dividers usually indicates a lane that is ready to turn into an exit, a merging lane, or a lane reserved for vehicles that have difficulty climbing high grade regions of the freeway.

Freeway entrances may have traffic lights to control the flow of vehicles entering the freeway.

Speed limit

The speed limit for cars on Taiwan's freeways range from 80 km/h (50 mph) on Freeway No. 5 (north of Toucheng, Yilan) to 110 km/h (68 mph) on Freeway No. 3 (south of Tucheng, New Taipei). The speed limit for trucks are usually 10 km/h lower. In non-traffic jam conditions, a vehicle must travel at least 60 km/h (37 mph).

Speed limits are enforced through radar activated cameras that take pictures of speed-violating cars. Because of protests, yellow warning signs are given in advance in Chinese of approaching radar activated cameras.

Following distances

As tailgating poses serious hazards of rear-ending, Article 6 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation (Chinese: 高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則) requires the following minimum following distances when the weather is fine:

Speed Minimum distance per large vehicle
(大型車)
Minimum distance per small vehicle
(小型車)
60 km/h 40 m 30 m
70 km/h 50 m 35 m
80 km/h 60 m 40 m
90 km/h 70 m 45 m
100 km/h 80 m 50 m
110 km/h 90 m 55 m

Longer following distance is required in the Hsuehshan Tunnel.

Traveling through tunnels

In the tunnel portions of freeways, lane change is prohibited when the lane divider consists of two parallel solid lines, used when lane change is considered unsafe should a collision cause a vehicular fire. Headlights must be turned on when traveling through tunnels; this is enforced by special cameras. Unlawful lane change or failure to turn on headlights in a tunnel is subject to an administrative fine of 3000 new Taiwan dollars.

Additional restrictions apply for the Hsuehshan Tunnel on Freeway No. 5, which is the longest tunnel in the entire system.

Prohibited traffic

Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation prohibits uses of and entries onto the freeways by:

  1. Pedestrians.
  2. Military troops marching or conducting drills.
  3. Non-motorized vehicles
  4. Motorcycles (see also Restrictions on motorcycle use on freeways#Taiwan for more information).
  5. Three-wheel motor vehicles or motorized pedicabs.
  6. Farm machineries.
  7. Motorized machineries not being motor vehicles.
  8. Towed vehicles not disabled on the freeways or expressways.

Electronic toll collection

Odd-numbered freeways have tolls, which are automatically collected by ETC. The current rate for cars is (NT$1.2/km up to 200 km) + (NT$0.9/excess km), km being kilometers traveled per day. The first 20 km per day is free and thus deducted from the distance. Freeways may be used directly, but users are advised to apply for an “eTag”, which is free and when equipped gives 10% discounts and allows you to store pre-paid money for tolls. The eTag can also be set to pay tolls automatically with credit card or a savings account. Users without the eTag pay tolls at convenience stores 3 days after usage and if not, bills will be mailed to car owners.

Service and Rest Areas

Freeway service and rest areas start appearing south of Taoyuan City on the No. 1 and No. 3 freeways. Most rest areas provide gas stations, gift shops, convenience stores, and food courts. The Qingshui rest area located on the 172.4 km mileage marker of National Highway No. 3 is so popular that visitors can only park for 45 minutes and are prohibited from barbecuing.

List of national highways

 
Map of national highways

There are eight national highways as of 2011. They are administered by the National Freeway Bureau.

Provincial Highways

 
Taiwan Highways 1 and 68 near Hsinchu
 

Provincial highways (of the Taiwan Province) are administered by Directorate General of Highways under Department of Transportation and Communications since 1999. Before the mid-1990s, the route numbers of provincial highways were limited to 1–27. In 1992, planning started for 12 east–west expressways and the West Coast Expressway, indicated by route numbers greater than 60, to ease the congestion in the freeways. Some of these expressways are still under construction.

Many of these provincial highways cross through the special municipalities (i.e. Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei) which are not part of Taiwan Province. Officially, provincial highways are now known as Taiwan highways, but many people still refer to them as provincial roads (Chinese: 省道; pinyin: Shěng Dào).

In 2007, provincial expressways started using the same exit notification signs that national freeways started using in 2006.

The following is a list of all provincial highways as of 2 August 2006:[4]

 
Ordinary Provincial Highways and Expressways(red), Bypass(green)

Ordinary Provincial Highways

Quasi Expressways

  • 63 (South District, Taichung - Caotun, Nantou) (Zhongtou Highway, 中投公路)
  • 68A (controlled-access) (PH 68 to County Road 123)
  • 74A (controlled-access) (PH 74, Kuaiguan IC to PH 1 in Huatan, Changhua)

Expressways

Since July 1, 2006, the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation (Chinese: 高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則) applies the same traffic rules on the freeways to the expressways, including the same prohibited traffic and following distances. While motorcycles remain generally banned from the expressways, Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation makes it officially possible to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 550 cm3 on certain expressways subject to the following restrictions:

  1. No sharing the same lane to drive side by side with or to overtake another vehicle, not even another motorcycle
  2. Headlight on at all times

A trial program to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 550 cm3 on Provincial Highway 68 and Provincial Highway 72 started in January 2005 for one year and was extended an additional year. On July 2, 2006, more than 1500 Taiwanese motorcyclists took to the streets in Taipei to demand more open highways; Provincial Highways 68 and 72 were the only Taiwanese expressways open to high-end motorcycles.[5]

Since 2007, a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of at least 550 cm3 may be driven on expressways but not freeways.[6] This major change has resulted in mixed reactions.[7]

County and City Highways

 

   

County and City Highways are numbered from 101 to 205 since the numbered highways in Penghu (Pescadores) are incorporated into the system. Including those branch lines, there are totally 147 County and City Highways, and the total length stretches over 3,500 kilometres. The lowest number 101 is in New Taipei City. The route numbers generally increase moving north to south. Route No. 200 is in Pingtung. Routes No. 201 to 205 are in Penghu. County Highways numbered 179, 184, 195 are nonexistent.

Township and District Roads

 

   

A Township or District Road is prefixed the abbreviation of the county or city in a Chinese character where it is located. For example, the sample signs above show Hsinchu Roads No. 22, 21, and 23.

Special Roads

Special Roads in Taiwan are rarely used and appear in certain places.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This term "freeway" means "free of signals", not "free of charge"

References

  1. ^ "Taiwan: A 'living hell for pedestrians' - Taipei Times". 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Taiwan: A 'living hell for pedestrians' - Taipei Times". 6 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Da Ai Headlines for May 2, 2011". Da Ai World News. 2011-05-02. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  4. ^ Provincial road table (in Chinese)
  5. ^ Taipei Times: 1,500 bikers take to the streets to demand open roads, July 3, 2006 (in English)
  6. ^ Taipei Times: Large-engined bikes take to the nation's expressways, November 1, 2007 (in English)
  7. ^ Taipei Times: Reaction to motorbike rule mixed, November 4, 2007 (in English)

External links

  • National Freeway Bureau
  • Directorate General of Highways
  • Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau

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Highways in Taiwan are classified into five types Level Name Chinese Taiwanese Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hakka Numbers Notes1 National Highways 國道 Guodao Kok tō Koet tho 1 10 Labeled as Freeway2 Provincial Highways 省道 Shengdao Seng tō Sen tho 1 39 61 88 The latter are labeled as Expressway3 County and City Highways 縣道 市道 Xiandao Shidao Koan tō Chhi tō Yen tho Sṳ tho 101 2054 Township and District Roads 鄉道 區道 Xiangdao Qudao Kiong tō Khu tō Hiong tho Khi tho5 Special Roads 專用公路 Zhuanyong Gōnglu Choan iōng Kong lō Chon yung Kung luThe system does not apply to other parts of Taiwan namely Kinmen and Lienchiang counties and islands in the South China Sea Expressways in Taiwan may be controlled access highways similar to National Freeways or limited access roads Most have urban roads and intra city expressways as opposed to Highway system status although some are built and maintained by cities Contents 1 Pedestrians 2 The numbering system 3 National highways 3 1 History 3 2 Features 3 2 1 Length exits and entrances 3 2 2 Speed limit 3 2 3 Following distances 3 2 4 Traveling through tunnels 3 2 5 Prohibited traffic 3 2 6 Electronic toll collection 3 3 Service and Rest Areas 3 4 List of national highways 4 Provincial Highways 4 1 Ordinary Provincial Highways 4 1 1 Quasi Expressways 4 2 Expressways 5 County and City Highways 6 Township and District Roads 7 Special Roads 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksPedestrians EditPedestrian is one topic where few progress have been observed from 429 in 2011 to a high of 458 in 2019 to 410 last year The number of injured climbed from 13 787 in 2011 to 15 589 last year 1 This record is related to infrastructure and education different from that of other industrialized territories 2 The numbering system EditAs a general rule the odd numbers represent north south highways and even numbers represent east west The numbers increase moving west to east and north to south Major north south provincial highways are indicated by a one digit number Special routes of a highway use the same number followed by a heavenly stem character However for English translation these characters are replaced by letters in the alphabetical order National highways EditNational highways are freeways nb 1 National highways of Taiwan History Edit The first controlled access highway and a predecessor to the national highways in Taiwan was the MacArthur Thruway built in 1964 between Keelung and Taipei 3 Construction on the first modern national highway National Highway 1 began in 1971 The northern section between Keelung and Zhongli was completed in 1974 and the entire freeway was completed in 1978 It runs from the northern harbor city of Keelung to the southern harbor city of Kaohsiung while there was an 8 6 kilometre 5 3 mi branch No 1A connecting to Chiang Kai shek International Airport now Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Construction began on the other freeways in the late 1980s The northern section of the second north south freeway National Highway 3 between Xizhi and Hsinchu was completed in 1997 The No 1A Branch was extended to link No 3 Freeway at Yingge Taipei and renamed as the National Highway 2 Three other short freeways No 4 No 8 and No 10 were built to link the two north south freeways in Taichung County now part of Taichung City Tainan County now part of Tainan City and Kaohsiung County now part of Kaohsiung City respectively The entire No 3 Freeway was completed in January 2004 To ease the congestion of No 1 Freeway in the Taipei metropolitan area a 20 kilometre 12 mi viaduct was built in 1997 along the original freeway between Xizhi and the Wugu District of New Taipei to serve as a bypass for traffic not exiting and entering the freeway within Taipei The construction of a freeway connecting the Taipei metropolitan area and Yilan County began in 1991 and was completed in June 2006 It includes a 12 9 kilometre 8 0 mi tunnel Hsuehshan Tunnel which is the ninth longest road tunnel in the world An extension from Yilan County to Hualien County is planned However its construction is being delayed by environmental concerns On January 2 2014 the toll system was converted to a distance based one Tolls are no longer collected at toll booths but automatically by electronic toll collection ETC Features Edit Length exits and entrances Edit Exit advance Freeway entrance The pre 2006 Taiwan freeway exit sign The 27 indicates that the exit is the 27th exit calculated from the northernmost westernmost point of the freeway The post 2005 Taiwan freeway exit sign The 27 indicates that the exit is located at the 27th kilometer calculating from the northernmost westernmost point of the freeway Provincial expressways also allow it in 2007 Every one tenth of a kilometer is marked on the freeway with Arabic numerals to indicate freeway mileage which indicates the number of kilometers away from the northern end or western end of the freeway Exit numbers are based on the freeway mileage With the notable exception of exit only signs which are only expressed in Chinese but with a right arrow indicating an exit only lane exit notification and system route reminder signs in the freeway system are almost identical to their US counterparts A diagram that distinguishes an exit only lane from the regular lanes The exit only lane has a right turn arrow symbol and Chinese characters that say Exit exclusive lane There are four types of exit notification signs The first notification sign appears two kilometers before the exit providing the destination name and an Exit 2 km notice The second sign appears one kilometer before the exit providing the destination name and a Right Lane notice The Right Lane notice warns the exiting driver to start switching to the right lane in preparation to exit and does not necessarily indicate that the right lane is an exit only lane The third sign appears a few hundred meters before the exit providing the destination name and a right tilted arrow The fourth sign is located at the exit and says Exit with a tilted right arrow Sign that indicates that the exit is two kilometers away Sign that indicates that the exit is one kilometer away Exit notification signs were slightly altered in December 2005 The green exit mileage label on top of the exit notification sign has been replaced with a yellow exit mileage label accompanied with the Chinese code name of the interchange The Chinese code name of the interchange does not necessarily reflect the destinations listed on the exit signs and may represent the general location of the freeway interchange Long rectangular dash dividers usually separate normal lanes Short rectangular dash dividers usually indicates a lane that is ready to turn into an exit a merging lane or a lane reserved for vehicles that have difficulty climbing high grade regions of the freeway Freeway entrances may have traffic lights to control the flow of vehicles entering the freeway Speed limit Edit The speed limit for cars on Taiwan s freeways range from 80 km h 50 mph on Freeway No 5 north of Toucheng Yilan to 110 km h 68 mph on Freeway No 3 south of Tucheng New Taipei The speed limit for trucks are usually 10 km h lower In non traffic jam conditions a vehicle must travel at least 60 km h 37 mph Speed limits are enforced through radar activated cameras that take pictures of speed violating cars Because of protests yellow warning signs are given in advance in Chinese of approaching radar activated cameras Following distances Edit As tailgating poses serious hazards of rear ending Article 6 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation Chinese 高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則 requires the following minimum following distances when the weather is fine Speed Minimum distance per large vehicle 大型車 Minimum distance per small vehicle 小型車 60 km h 40 m 30 m70 km h 50 m 35 m80 km h 60 m 40 m90 km h 70 m 45 m100 km h 80 m 50 m110 km h 90 m 55 mLonger following distance is required in the Hsuehshan Tunnel Traveling through tunnels Edit In the tunnel portions of freeways lane change is prohibited when the lane divider consists of two parallel solid lines used when lane change is considered unsafe should a collision cause a vehicular fire Headlights must be turned on when traveling through tunnels this is enforced by special cameras Unlawful lane change or failure to turn on headlights in a tunnel is subject to an administrative fine of 3000 new Taiwan dollars Additional restrictions apply for the Hsuehshan Tunnel on Freeway No 5 which is the longest tunnel in the entire system Prohibited traffic Edit Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation prohibits uses of and entries onto the freeways by Pedestrians Military troops marching or conducting drills Non motorized vehicles Motorcycles see also Restrictions on motorcycle use on freeways Taiwan for more information Three wheel motor vehicles or motorized pedicabs Farm machineries Motorized machineries not being motor vehicles Towed vehicles not disabled on the freeways or expressways Electronic toll collection Edit Odd numbered freeways have tolls which are automatically collected by ETC The current rate for cars is NT 1 2 km up to 200 km NT 0 9 excess km km being kilometers traveled per day The first 20 km per day is free and thus deducted from the distance Freeways may be used directly but users are advised to apply for an eTag which is free and when equipped gives 10 discounts and allows you to store pre paid money for tolls The eTag can also be set to pay tolls automatically with credit card or a savings account Users without the eTag pay tolls at convenience stores 3 days after usage and if not bills will be mailed to car owners Service and Rest Areas Edit Service Area Ahead Exit to Service Area Rest Area Ahead Exit to Rest AreaFreeway service and rest areas start appearing south of Taoyuan City on the No 1 and No 3 freeways Most rest areas provide gas stations gift shops convenience stores and food courts The Qingshui rest area located on the 172 4 km mileage marker of National Highway No 3 is so popular that visitors can only park for 45 minutes and are prohibited from barbecuing List of national highways Edit Map of national highways There are eight national highways as of 2011 They are administered by the National Freeway Bureau No 1 Keelung City Qianzhen Kaohsiung 374 4 km completed on October 31 1978 No 2 Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Yingge New Taipei 20 4 km completed on August 24 1997 No 3 Dawulun Keelung City Linbian Pingtung 432 0 km completed on January 11 2004 No 3A Da an Taipei City Shenkeng Taipei 5 6 km completed on March 21 1996 No 4 Qingshui Taichung Tanzi Taichung 28 0 km completed in November 2001 No 5 Nangang Taipei City Su ao Yilan 54 3 km completed on January 16 2006 No 6 Wufeng Taichung Puli Nantou 37 6 km completed on March 21 2009 No 7 Kaohsiung Port to freeway 10 Currently under construction No 8 Annan Tainan City Xinhua Tainan 15 5 km completed in February 2000 No 10 Zuoying Kaohsiung City Cishan Kaohsiung 33 8 km completed in February 2000Provincial Highways Edit Taiwan Highways 1 and 68 near Hsinchu Provincial highways of the Taiwan Province are administered by Directorate General of Highways under Department of Transportation and Communications since 1999 Before the mid 1990s the route numbers of provincial highways were limited to 1 27 In 1992 planning started for 12 east west expressways and the West Coast Expressway indicated by route numbers greater than 60 to ease the congestion in the freeways Some of these expressways are still under construction Many of these provincial highways cross through the special municipalities i e Kaohsiung New Taipei Taichung Tainan Taipei which are not part of Taiwan Province Officially provincial highways are now known as Taiwan highways but many people still refer to them as provincial roads Chinese 省道 pinyin Sheng Dao In 2007 provincial expressways started using the same exit notification signs that national freeways started using in 2006 The following is a list of all provincial highways as of 2 August 2006 4 Ordinary Provincial Highways and Expressways red Bypass green Ordinary Provincial Highways Edit 1 Taipei Fenggang Pingtung This is the historical north south highway 縱貫公路 1A Taipei Taoyuan District Taoyuan City 1B Daya Taichung Wangtian Taichung 1C Changhua City bypass 1D Citong Douliu 1E Kaohsiung Houzhuang 1F Zhunan Luzhunan 2 Guandu Taipei Su ao Yilan North Coast Highway 2A Jinshan New Taipei Taipei 2B Taipei Tamsui New Taipei 2C Nuannuan Keelung Daxi Yilan 2D Badu Keelung Rueibin New Taipei 2E Wujie Su ao 2F Dawuluan Keelung Keelung Harbor An extension of Freeway 3 2G Toucheng Yilan 3 Taipei Pingtung City 3A Caotun Nantou Nantou City 3B Daxi Taoyuan City Shimen Dam 3C Zhushan Nantou Jiji Nantou 4 Dayuan Taoyuan City Shimen Reservoir 5 Taipei Keelung City 5A Zhangshuwan New Taipei Liudu Keelung 5B Xizhi bypass Decommissioned in 2013 6 Houlong Miaoli Dahu Miaoli 7 Daxi District Taoyuan City Zhuangwei Yilan Northern Cross Island Highway 北部橫貫公路 7A Qilan Lishan 7B Sanxia New Taipei Fuxing District Taoyuan 7C Datong Yilan Wujie Yilan 7D Yuanshan Yilan Yilan 8 Dongshi Taichung Taroko Hualien Central Cross Island Highway 中部橫貫公路 This highway was severely damaged between Guguan and Deji by the 1999 Jiji earthquake although the Guguan Lishan section opened to limited traffic in 2018 8A Baxin Deji This highway was severely damaged in the 1999 Jiji earthquake and has been shut down since 9 Taipei Fenggang Pingtung The highway runs through the eastern part of Taiwan It is the longest highway in Taiwan 9A Xindian New Taipei Wulai New Taipei 9B Beinan Taitung City bypass 9C Hualien Shoufeng 9D Su ao Xiulin 9E Daren Shizi Suhua Improve Limited access South Link Highway Improve Limited access 10 Taichung Harbor Fengyuan District 10B Qingshui Shalu 11 Hualien City Taitung City Hualien Taitung Coastal Highway 11A Guangfu Fengbin 11B Taitung City 11C Ji an Shoufeng 12 Taichung Harbor Taichung 13 Xiangshan Hsinchu Fengyuan District 13A Zhunan Miaoli City 14 Changhua City Lushan Nantou 14A Wushe Nantou Dayuling Hualien 14B Fenyuan Changhua Nantou City 14C Changhua City alternate 14D Fenyuan Changhua Nantou City 15 Guandu Taipei Hsinchu City Xibin Highway 西濱公路 15A PH 15 to PH 61 in Dayuan Taoyuan City 16 Mingjian Nantou Xinyi Nantou 17 Jianan Taichung Shuidiliao Pingtung West Coast Highway 17A Annan Tainan Hunei Kaohsiung 17B PH 17 to PH 17A in Annan Tainan 18 Chiayi City Tatajia Xinyi New Central Cross Island Highway 新中橫公路 and Alishan Highway 阿里山公路 19 Changhua City Tainan Central Highway 中央公路 19A Yanshuei Tainan Zihguan Kaohsiung 20 Tainan Haiduan Taitung Southern Cross Island Highway 南部橫貫公路 20A Chulai Chishang 20B Zuozhen Nanhua 21 Dongshi Taichung Tatajia Xinyi 21A ring road around Sun Moon Lake 22 Nanzih Kaohsiung Gaoshu Pingtung Previously a portion of County Road 188 until 1993 23 Fuli Hualien Donghe Taitung 24 Pingtung City Wutai Pingtung Wutai Highway 霧台公路 Was Highway 22 until 1993 A section in Wutai was severely damaged in 2009 by Typhoon Morakot and has been shut down since 25 Fongshan District Linyuan Kaohsiung Fenglin Highway 鳳林公路 26 Fenggang Pingtung Daren Taitung Ping E Highway 屏鵝公路 and Jia E Highway 佳鵝公路 27 Laonong Kaohsiung Wunong Pingtung 27A Liouguei to PH 28 28 Hunei Kaohsiung Liouguei Kaohsiung 29 Namasia Kaohsiung Linyuan Kaohsiung Dalin Highway 達林公路 Was a portion of Highway 21 until 2014 30 Zhuoxi Hualien Changbin Taitung 31 Luzhu Taoyuan Xinwu Taoyuan 37 Xingang Chiayi Lucao Chiayi 39 Xinhua Tainan Alian Kaohsiung 61B Shengang to national freeway 3 Hemei Interchange 63A PH 63 to PH 14 in Caotun Nantou Quasi Expressways Edit 63 South District Taichung Caotun Nantou Zhongtou Highway 中投公路 68A controlled access PH 68 to County Road 123 74A controlled access PH 74 Kuaiguan IC to PH 1 in Huatan Changhua Expressways Edit 61 Bali District Xinwu District Taoyuan City Xiangshan Hsinchu Baishatun Miaoli and Tongxiao Miaoli Fangyuan Changhua Dacheng Changhua Cigu Tainan West Coast Expressway 西濱快速道路 61A PH 15 to Port of Taipei Absorbed into PH 61 in 2020 62 Dawulun Keelung Madong Keelung and Ruifang District Ruibin New Taipei 62A Keelung Harbor to PH 62 Sijiaoting IC 64 Bali District Zhonghe District 65 Wugu District Tucheng District 66 Guanyin District Taoyuan City Daxi District Taoyuan City 68 Nanliao Hsinchu Zhudong Hsinchu 72 Houlong Miaoli Shitan Miaoli 74 PH 3 Kuaiguan IC to PH 3 Wufeng IC 76 Puyan Changhua Caotun Nantou 78 Taixi Yunlin Gukeng Yunlin 82 Dongshi Chiayi Shuishang Chiayi 84 Beimen Tainan Yujing Tainan 86 South District Tainan Guanmiao Tainan 88 Fongshan District Zhutian Since July 1 2006 the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation Chinese 高速公路及快速公路交通管制規則 applies the same traffic rules on the freeways to the expressways including the same prohibited traffic and following distances While motorcycles remain generally banned from the expressways Article 19 of the Freeway and Expressway Traffic Control Regulation makes it officially possible to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 550 cm3 on certain expressways subject to the following restrictions No sharing the same lane to drive side by side with or to overtake another vehicle not even another motorcycle Headlight on at all timesA trial program to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 550 cm3 on Provincial Highway 68 and Provincial Highway 72 started in January 2005 for one year and was extended an additional year On July 2 2006 more than 1500 Taiwanese motorcyclists took to the streets in Taipei to demand more open highways Provincial Highways 68 and 72 were the only Taiwanese expressways open to high end motorcycles 5 Since 2007 a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of at least 550 cm3 may be driven on expressways but not freeways 6 This major change has resulted in mixed reactions 7 County and City Highways EditMain article List of county and city highways in Taiwan County and City Highways are numbered from 101 to 205 since the numbered highways in Penghu Pescadores are incorporated into the system Including those branch lines there are totally 147 County and City Highways and the total length stretches over 3 500 kilometres The lowest number 101 is in New Taipei City The route numbers generally increase moving north to south Route No 200 is in Pingtung Routes No 201 to 205 are in Penghu County Highways numbered 179 184 195 are nonexistent This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it May 2008 Township and District Roads Edit A Township or District Road is prefixed the abbreviation of the county or city in a Chinese character where it is located For example the sample signs above show Hsinchu Roads No 22 21 and 23 This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it May 2008 Special Roads EditSpecial Roads in Taiwan are rarely used and appear in certain places See also Edit Roads portal Taiwan portalTransportation in TaiwanNotes Edit This term freeway means free of signals not free of charge References Edit Taiwan A living hell for pedestrians Taipei Times 6 August 2022 Taiwan A living hell for pedestrians Taipei Times 6 August 2022 Da Ai Headlines for May 2 2011 Da Ai World News 2011 05 02 Retrieved 2012 01 10 Provincial road table in Chinese Taipei Times 1 500 bikers take to the streets to demand open roads July 3 2006 in English Taipei Times Large engined bikes take to the nation s expressways November 1 2007 in English Taipei Times Reaction to motorbike rule mixed November 4 2007 in English External links EditNational Freeway Bureau Directorate General of Highways Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Highway system in Taiwan amp oldid 1137241498, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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