National Highway No. 5 (Taiwan)
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National Highway No. 5 is a freeway, which begins in Taipei City at Nangang JCT. on National Highway No. 3
National Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)
National Highway No. 3 is the second North-South freeway in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the Provincial Highway No. 2 and ends in Linbian, Pingtung on the Provincial Highway No. 17....

 and ends in Su-ao, Yilan
Su-ao, Yilan
Su-ao , located in southern Yilan County, Taiwan, is an urban township that is famous for its seafood restaurants and cold springs. It is the destination of National Highway No. 5, Su-ao-Hualian Express Way, and North-Link Line of Taiwan Railway Administration...

 on Masai Road. Although it was called the Beiyi Freeway (Chinese abbreviation for Taipei to Yilan) prior to its final completion in June 2006, the official name is the Chiang Wei-shui Memorial Freeway, after the early twentieth century Taiwanese political activist and Yilan native Chiang Wei-shui
Chiang Wei-shui
Chiang Wei-shui was a founder of the Taiwanese Cultural Association and the Taiwanese People's Party. He is seen as one of the most important figures in the colonial resistance movement....

 (蔣渭水) .

Intersections with other freeways and expressways

  • National Highway No. 3
    National Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)
    National Highway No. 3 is the second North-South freeway in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the Provincial Highway No. 2 and ends in Linbian, Pingtung on the Provincial Highway No. 17....

     at Nangang JCT. in Taipei City

Traffic rules

The speed limit in the Hsuehshan Tunnel
Hsuehshan Tunnel
The Hsuehshan Tunnel or "Snow Mountain" tunnel, is the longest tunnel in Taiwan, located on the Taipei-Yilan Freeway . It opened on June 16, 2006.-Overview:...

 section is 80 km/h.

The separation distance is 50 m.

Toll Stations

Only a toll station named and located in Touchung, Yilan is now active. Other toll stations on interchanges are not working until fare changed to based on mileages.

Toucheng Toll Station has started ETC
ETC
The abbreviation etc or ETC may stand for:* et cetera, a Latin expression meaning "and other things" or "and so on"In economics and finance:* Early Termination Chargers, a type of penalty chargers if break the contract...

 service since July 2008.

Exit List

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|Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...


|Nangang
|0.0
|0
|Nangang System
|Freeway 3
National Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)
National Highway No. 3 is the second North-South freeway in Taiwan. It begins in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the Provincial Highway No. 2 and ends in Linbian, Pingtung on the Provincial Highway No. 17....

 — Muzha
Muzha District
Muzha was a district in Taipei City. The historical spelling of the area is Mucha. In 1990, it merged with Jingmei to form the Wenshan District....

, Xizhi
Xizhi
Xizhi is a district in New Taipei City in northern Republic of China .In the past, the Xizhi area was the Kypanas locality of the Ketagalan Taiwanese aboriginals. The old name in Chinese refers to the fact that the tide from the Keelung River stops at Xizhi and goes back to the sea...


|Northern Terminus of Freeway
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|rowspan=2|New Taipei
|Shiding
|4.0
|4
|Shiding
|County Route 106B — Shiding, Shenkeng
|Service area available
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|Pinglin
|15.0
|15
|Pinglin
|Provincial Route 9, County Route 106B — Pinglin
|Limited access exit
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|colspan=7 align=center|Hsuehshan Tunnel
Hsuehshan Tunnel
The Hsuehshan Tunnel or "Snow Mountain" tunnel, is the longest tunnel in Taiwan, located on the Taipei-Yilan Freeway . It opened on June 16, 2006.-Overview:...


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|rowspan=5|Yilan
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|Toucheng
|30.3
|30
|Toucheng
|Provincial Route 9, Provincial Route 2G — Toucheng, Jiaoxi
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|Yilan
Yilan City
Yilan City historically spelled Ilan or I-lan, is the capital of Yilan County, Taiwan. It is on the north side of Lanyang River. The first Han Chinese settled there in 1802....


|38.6
|38
|Yilan
|Provincial Route 7, County Route 191A, County Route 192 — Yilan
Yilan City
Yilan City historically spelled Ilan or I-lan, is the capital of Yilan County, Taiwan. It is on the north side of Lanyang River. The first Han Chinese settled there in 1802....

, Zhuangwei
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|Luodong
Luodong, Yilan
Luodong is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan . Its name derives from the Kavalan word rutung, meaning "monkey", referring to a large population of monkeys there half century ago...


|46.7
|46
|Luodong
|Provincial Route 7C, County Route 191A, County Route 196 — Luodong
Luodong, Yilan
Luodong is an urban township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan . Its name derives from the Kavalan word rutung, meaning "monkey", referring to a large population of monkeys there half century ago...

, Wujie
Wujie, Yilan
Wujie is a rural township in the eastern part of Yilan County, Taiwan.* Area: 38.87 km²* Population: 38,047 people -Transportation:Wujie is served by the Yilan Line of Taiwan Railway Administration at Erjie Station.-External links:*...


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|Suao
|54.3
|54
|Suao
|To Provincial Route 2 and 9 — Suao, Dongshan
Dongshan, Yilan
Dongshan is a rural township in the central part of Yilan County, Taiwan. Republic of China.* Area: 79.86 km²* Population: 50,754 people -Transportation:Dongshan is served by the Yilan Line of Taiwan Railway Administration....


|Southern Terminus of Freeway, Planned Extension to Hualien (See Su-Hua Section)
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Su-Hua Freeway

Su-Hua Freeway (蘇花高速公路) is a future freeway project executed by Taiwan Area National Expressway Engineering Bureau (:zh:國道新建工程局). It will be constructed between Suao, Yilan and Ji-an, Hualien
Ji-an, Hualien
Ji'an Township , is a township near Hualien City, Taiwan. It has a population of 79,000 inhabitants and 18 villages.Ji an is the second place of inhabitants in Hualien County . The Township has mountainsides ,seashore and a wide alluvial plain. The main inhabitants components include Min Nan,...

. It may cost over 100 billion NT dollars to build. Due to environmental protection issues, this project is temporarily suspended. The next item will be Hua-dong Freeway and South Link Freeway.

Introduction

  • Line: 2-3 lanes, length 86.5 km
  • 11 tunnels
  • 29 bridges
  • It will greatly influence the environment.
  • It may bring large crowd of traffic and often make congestion in Hualien Traffic on holidays.
  • It will only take 90 minutes to go between Taipei
    Taipei
    Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

     and Hualien.

The substitution way of Su-Hua Highway

In 2008, a substitution way of Su-Hua Highway (Provincial Highway No. 9
Provincial Highway No. 9 (Taiwan)
Provincial Highway No. 9 is an important highway system cross the eastern Taiwan from Taipei City to Fangshan Township, Pingtung. This longest provincial highway, which the length is 479.779km, passes the regions of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Yilan County, Hualien County, Taitung County and...

) was suggested, which was named "Suhuati." It will be between Nan-ao, Yilan
Nan-ao, Yilan
Nan-ao is a rural township in the southern part of Yilan County, Taiwan. It has a significant population of Atayal aborigines. The township was the site of the Sayun incident during Japanese rule, made famous through the movie Sayon's Bell....

 and Heping, Hualien, and would cost approximately 30 billion NT dollars to build.

In 2010, the project was renamed to Suhuagai, where the project was intended to improve dangerous sections between Suao and Chongde; MOTC said it will start construction in 2011.http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1H34jRDrM

The contests of Suhua Freeway

Beverage

  • Suhuagao can solve Suhua Highway's drink such high dangerous、slow speed、insuffient feight。
  • Suhua Highway Segment already has a geologial survey by North-Link Line
    North-Link Line
    The North-Link Line is the central section of the Eastern Line of the Taiwan Railway Administration. It has a total length of 86.6 km, including the 7.4 km segment between Beipu and Hualien Port. -History:...

    , TRA。
  • Suhuagao can bisides existed Beiyigao of vehicle controls-Only allows freight car and trucks and through bus, other small car driving original Suhua Highway ,so ther problerm of roadface being stressed fail will be geratly decreased,and considers maintains of roadface not exist at western freeways, and impossible to happen anything here.
  • Improvement of Suhua Highway economic cost may little less than Suhuagao, and make seriouser envionment vandalism high possible。Suhuagao is a large builds,civils、medias、polities persons definitekly will to「tight watch」its envionment vandalism,contrary more easier to be oversighted than Improvement of Suhua Highway。
  • Can only build partcular segment,like southern extension of Beiyi Freeways to Nanao Township, make it hasno to cross Dazhuoshuixi Bridge of Tai 9,Just replace most dangerous section of Suhua Highway;Also may only build single tunnel contain double bound driving。As thus just can get more interests with less harm。
  • The build of Suhuagao may progressive Hualien Region Tourism Indusry development,and also improvement Hualien Region Tourism Indusry five day of normal days and winter seasons of travel lightseason。


Drink

  • Only large vehicles can be served, if small vehicles drives on, it will be high rate og traffic accident. Even to restrict only small vehicles to go on, it still have big roadface maintain problems after several decade years.
  • Suhuagao are safer than Suhua Highway though,but it still dangerous than general Freeway:Because Suhuagao have a lot of long tunnels,driving within long tunnels are low security and high difficuly for resuce。
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