Highways in Taiwan - Provincial Highways

Provincial Highways

Provincial highways (of 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 the 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:

Provincial Highways of Taiwan
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  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 30
  • 31
  • 37
  • 39
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 68
  • 72
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  • 78
  • 82
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  • 86
  • 88

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