Provincial Highway 63 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 63
Route information
Maintained by Directorate General of Highways
Length:	18.9 km[1] (11.7 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	PH 3 in South District, Taichung City
	Fwy. 3 in Wufeng
East end:	PH 14b in Caotun, Nantou
Highway system
Highway system in Taiwan ← PH 62 PH 64 →

Provincial Highway 63

Provincial Highway 63 (Chinese: 台63線) is an expressway, which begins in Taichung City at the intersection of Guoguang Road (Provincial Highway No. 3) and Zhongming South Road and ends in Caotun, Nantou on Bixing Road (Provincial Road 14B). It is commonly known as Zhongtou (Taichung-Nantou) Expressway.

Length

The total length of the highway is 18.9 km. However, the expressway actually begins at 1.8 km (on Wuquan South Road).

Exit list

City	Location	km[1]	Mile	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Taichung City	South District	0.000	0.000	—		PH 3 – Dali, Central Taichung
	Begin Freeway
	Dali	2.6	1.6	2	Dali 1	Defang Rd., Wenxin South Rd. - Dali, Nantun
		3.9	2.4	3	Dali 2	Dali Rd., Wuguang Rd. - Wufeng, Wuri
	Wufeng	6.2	3.9	6	Wufu	Wufu Rd., Wufu South Rd. - Dali, Wufeng
		7.74	4.81	7	Zhongtou	Fwy. 3
		8.2	5.1	8	Taiming	CR 127 – Wuri, Dali
		10.1	6.3	10	Dingtai	Dingtai Rd.
		12.4	7.7	12	Wanfeng	Fengzheng Rd.
Nantou County	Caotun	14.8	9.2	14	Caotun 1	PH 63a – Central Caotun, Puli
		16.7	10.4	16	Caotun 2	PH 14 – Caotun, Fenyuan
		End Freeway
		18.98	11.79	18		PH 14b
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Major Cities Along the Route

• Taichung City
• Dali District
• Caotun, Nantou

Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways

• None. However, it crosses National Highway No. 3 near Zhongtou IC. in Wufeng, Taichung. To access National Highway No. 3, one must navigate surface streets for two or three minutes to get onto a northbound or southbound ramp for the highway.

Spurs

There is a spur (No. 63A) connecting to Bo-ai Road (Provincial Highway No. 14) in downtown Caotun, Nantou. The length of the spur is 2.8 km.

See also

• Highway system in Taiwan

Notes

Completed on January 1, 1998.

This highway is no longer classified as an expressway on July 1, 2006.{cn} Despite this lack of designation, it still functions as one.

References

1. "Expressway Mileage Chart" (in Chinese). Directorate General of Highways, MOTC. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

http://www.thb.gov.tw/