Provincial Highway 68 | ||||
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台68線 | ||||
東西向快速公路——南寮竹東線 (East-West Expressway, Nanliao-Zhudong Line) | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by Directorate General of Highways | ||||
Length | 22.992 km [1] (14.287 mi) | |||
Existed | November 1998–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | Prov 15 in North District, Hsinchu City | |||
East end | Prov 3 in Zhudong, Hsinchu County | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Taiwan | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Provincial Highway 68 ( Chinese: 台68線) is an expressway, which begins in Hsinchu City at Nanliao on the Provincial Highway No. 15 and ends in Zhudong on Zhongfeng Road (Provincial Road No. 3).
Provincial Highway 68 begins at the Nanliao Harbor in the North District and passes through the northern parts of Hsinchu City while running in a south-easterly direction. It then passes through Qionglin, where a bridge can be used to reach Freeway 3. The route eventually ends at an intersection with Provincial Highway 3 in Zhudong. [2]
The total length is 22.992 km (14.287 mi).
City | Location | km [1] | Mile | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Hsinchu City | North District | 1.1 | 0.68 | 1 | Nanliao | Prov 15 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
5.0 | 3.1 | 5 | Hsinchu 1 | Wuling Rd. | |||
East District | 7.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Hsinchu 2 | Prov 1 – Zhubei, Hsinchu City | ||
9.7 | 6.0 | 9 | Zhuke | Cty 117 – Zhubei, Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park | |||
Hsinchu County | Qionglin | 15.8 | 9.8 | 15 | Qionglin | To Cty 115 / Cty 120 / Cty 122 – Qionglin, Erchongpu | |
Zhudong | 18.7 | 11.6 | 18 | Zhudong 1 | Prov 68a – Zhudong | Left eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
20 | 12 | 20 | Zhudong 2 | Central Zhudong | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
22.992 | 14.287 | 23 | Prov 3 – Hengshan, Beipu | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
No direct connections. However, Zhubei IC. of National Highway No. 1 and Zhulin IC. of National Highway No. 3 are not far away from this expressway.
The branch line (No. 68A) connects Zhaoyang Road (County Highway No. 123) in Zhudong, Hsinchu.
The first section (Hsinchu Science Park IC. - Qionglin IC.) completed in 1999.
A trial program to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 250 cm3 or with an electric power of more than 40 horsepowers was started in January 2005 for one year. This trial program was extended for one year.