Provincial Highway 74 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 74
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Route information
Maintained by Directorate General of Highways
Length:	37.8 km (23.5 mi)
Major junctions
West end:	Fwy. 3 in Changhua City, Changhua County
East end:	Fwy. 3 in Wufeng, Taichung City
Highway system
Highway system in Taiwan ← x20px PH 72 PH 76 →

Provincial Highway 74

File:Wufeng IC at southern end of Provincial Highway 74.jpg

Provincial Highway 74

Provincial Highway 74 (Chinese: 台74線) is an expressway around Taichung City, which starts at Kuaiguan IC. (快官交流道) of National Highway No. 3 in Changhua City and ends at Wufeng IC. (霧峰交流道) of National Highway No. 3 in Taichung City. It is commonly known as Taichung Ring Expressway (台中環線).

Length

Main line

The total length of main line is 39.235 km. The route between Kuaiguan IC. and Zhongqing Rd. was opened to public on May 5, 2002. Afterward, the east section between Songzhu Rd. and Wufeng IC. was opened to public on December 31, 2011. The route between Zhongqing Rd. and Chongde Rd. was opened to traffic on December 31,2013.

Branch Line

There is a branch line (Provincial Highway No. 74A, Chinese: 台74甲線) from the western end of Provincial Highway No. 74 (Kuaiguan IC.) to connect the Provincial Highway No. 1 in Huatan, Changhua. Its length is 10.5 km.

Major Cities Along the Route

• Changhua City
• Taichung City

Exit list

County	Location	km	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Changhua	Changhua	0.000	0.000	0	Kuaiguan	Fwy. 3 – Nantou, Hemei PH 74A south	Roadway continues as PH 74A
Taichung City	Wuri	1.650	1.025	1	Chenggong	Wuri
	Nantun	4.000	2.485	4	HSR Taichung	THSR Taichung Station
		5.500	3.418	5	Nantun 1	Section 4, Huanzhong Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		7.140	4.437	7	Nantun 2	CR 136 (Wuquan West Road)
	Xitun	8.900	5.530	8	Xitun 1	Shizheng Road
		10.000	6.214	10	Xitun 2	Chaoma Road / Qinghai Road
		10.940	6.798	11	Xitun 3	Xitun Road
		13.000	8.078	13	Beitun 1	PH 1B (Zhongqing Road) / CR 127 (Guangfu Road)
	Beitun	14.320	8.898	14	Beitun 2	Songzhu Road
		16.987	10.555	16	Chongde	Chongde Road
	Tanzi	18.847	11.711	18	Tanzi	PH 3 (Zhongshan Road) – Tanzi District
						Fwy. 4	Planned interchange
	Beitun	22.750	14.136	22	Songzhu	Section 1, Songzhu Road / Dongshan Road
		24.411	15.168	24	Taiyuan	Taiyuan Road
	Taiping–East district line	26.935	16.737	26	Taiping	Zhongshan Road, Leye Road, Dongshan Road – Taiping District
	Dali	30.137	18.726	30	Dali 1	Defang South Road, Zhenxing Road, Taiping Road
		32.854	20.415	32	Dali 2	To PH 63 (Zhongtou Highway)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Wufeng	39.235	24.379	37	Wufeng	Fwy. 3 to Fwy. 6 – Caotun, Wuri PH 3 – Wufeng
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Unopened

Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways

• National Highway No. 3 at Kuaiguan IC. in Changhua City and Wufeng IC. in Taichung City.
• There is no direct connection with National Highway No. 1. However, it is very close to Daya IC., Taichung IC., and Nantun IC. of National Highway No. 1. A short link just south of the Nantun IC. has been completed, but has not yet been opened. It will also provide direct access to the Taichung High Speed Rail Station.
• National Highway No. 4 on Juxing JCT.It will start its construction on 2014 and finish on 2017

Notes

The original plan has a western section between Changhua Coastal Industrial Park and Hemei IC. of National Highway No. 3 in Hemei, Changhua. The exact route has now been constructed and named as Provincial Highway No. 61B. It was opened to public on October 15, 2011.

See also

• Highway system in Taiwan

References

• Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Transportation and Communications

External links

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