Provincial Highway 63 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 63
Provincial Highway 63
台63線
Zhongtou Highway (中投公路)
Route information
	Maintained by Directorate General of Highways
Length	19.023 km (11.820 mi)
Existed	1 January 1998–present
Major junctions
North end	Prov 3 in South District, Taichung
	Nat 3 in Wufeng;
East end	Prov 14b in Caotun, Nantou
Location
Country	Taiwan
Highway system
	Highway system in Taiwan;

Provincial Highway 63 (Chinese: 台63線) is a limited-access highway, which begins in Taichung 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) Highway.

Length[edit]

The total length of the highway is 19.023 km. However, the viaduct actually begins at 1.8 km (on Wuquan South Road).

Exit list[edit]

City	Location	km^[1]	Mile	Exit	Name	Destinations
Taichung City	South District	0.000	0.000	—		Prov 3 – Dali, Central Taichung
	Begin Viaduct
	Dali	2.6	1.6	2	Dali 1	Defang Rd., Wenxin South Rd. - Dali, Nantun
	Dali	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	Nat 3
		8.2	5.1	8	Taiming	Cty 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	Prov 63a – Central Caotun, Puli
		16.7	10.4	16	Caotun 2	Prov 14 – Caotun, Fenyuan
		End Viaduct
		19.023	11.820	18		Prov 14b
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Major Cities Along the Route[edit]

Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways[edit]

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[edit]

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 2.193 km.

Notes[edit]

Completed on January 1, 1998.

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

References[edit]

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

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

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