Provincial Highway No. 3 (Taiwan)
Encyclopedia
Provincial Highway No. 3 (台3線) is a 438.7 km
-long provincial
Taiwanese highway
that starts in Taipei
and ends in Pingtung. Also known as Inner-Mountain Highway (內山公路), the road travels through the mountain towns in Western Taiwan
and was the major route for the area until NH 3
was built.
Kilometre
The kilometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres and is therefore exactly equal to the distance travelled by light in free space in of a second...
-long provincial
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
Taiwanese highway
Highway System in Taiwan
Highways in the Republic of China are classified into four types:# National highways: 1 - 10 # Provincial highways: 1 - 39, 61 - 88 # County routes: 101 - 205# Township routes-The numbering system:...
that starts in 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 ends in Pingtung. Also known as Inner-Mountain Highway (內山公路), the road travels through the mountain towns in Western Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
and was the major route for the area until NH 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....
was built.
Spur Routes
- Highway 3A: The route connects Caotun, NantouCaotun, NantouCaotun is an urban township in the northwest of Nantou County, neighboring Changhua County and Taichung City.-External links:*...
and Nantou CityNantou CityNantou City is located in the northwest of Nantou County, Taiwan, Republic of China. It lies between the Bagua Mountains and the Maoluo River and is the seat of Nantou County. Freeway No. 3 serves Nantou City...
. The total length is 11.7 km. - Highway 3B: The highway is a spur route that goes from Shimen DamShimen DamShimen Dam is an embankment dam crossing the Dahan River in Taoyuan County, Taiwan. Serving mainly for municipal water supply and flood control, the dam creates Shimen Reservoir in the mountains south of Longtan. The construction plan was created in 1938 under Japanese rule, but was not...
to Highway 3 in Daxi, Taoyuan. The total length is 12 km. - Highway 3C: The route goes from Zhushan, NantouZhushan, NantouZhushan Township is an urban township in the southwest part of Nantou County, Taiwan, and off the south shore of Zhuoshui River . Pop. about 50,000-Stays:*Sun Link Sea Forest Recreational Area*Xiaping Natural Education Park...
to Jiji, NantouJiji, NantouJiji or Chichi is an urban township located in the west central portion of Nantou County in Taiwan. In past years, the Jiji township encompassed a much larger area and included the present-day Shuili rural township, but today's Jiji is well known as now being, by area, the smallest of Taiwan's...
. The total length is 7.1 km.