Heping Road (; also known as 1st Avenue) is a major east–west arterial in
Taipei
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,
Taiwan
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. The road is bisected into the East and West segments by
Roosevelt Road
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only south of Madison Street. It runs under this ...
, with three block sections in each segment. A fourth section in Heping East Road is currently under planning.
Heping Road connects
Wanhua District
Wanhua District, known in Taiwanese Hokkien as Báng-kah khu and historically as "Monga" or "Monka", is a district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is Taipei's oldest district. The district is home to historic buildings such as the Bangka Lungshan Temple, ...
to
Zhongzheng District
Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office Building, Taipei, P ...
in its East and
Daan District to
Xinyi District in its Eastern segment.
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Attractions
Notable attractions on Heping Road include:
*China Times Publishing Company
*Taipei Botanical Garden
The Taipei Botanical Garden () is located in the Nanhai Academy on Nanhai Road in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The Botanical Garden covers an area of about 15 hectares and includes over 1,500 plant species.
History
The Taipei Botanica ...
*National Taiwan Normal University
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU; ), or ''Shīdà'' is an institution of higher education and normal school operating out of three campuses in Taipei, Taiwan. NTNU is the leading research institute in such disciplines as Education and Lin ...
*Daan Forest Park
Daan Forest Park () is a public park near the centre of the Daan District, Taipei, Da'an District of Taipei, Taiwan. The park occupies twenty-six hectares and is bordered on its north, south, east, and west by Xinyi Road (信義路), Heping E. R ...
*National Taipei University of Education
National Taipei University of Education (NTUE; ) is a university located in Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan that predominantly focuses on teacher training. It was established in 1895, at the beginning of the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan, ...
Sections
Heping West Road
* Section 1 : Roosevelt Road
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only south of Madison Street. It runs under this ...
– Quanzhou Street
Quanzhou, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metropolitan region, with an area of and a populat ...
* Section 2 : Quanzhou Street
Quanzhou, alternatively known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level port city on the north bank of the Jin River, beside the Taiwan Strait in southern Fujian, China. It is Fujian's largest metropolitan region, with an area of and a populat ...
– Zhonghua Road
Zhōnghuá, Chung¹-hua² or Chunghwa is a term that means "''China''" or "''relating to China''" (), in a cultural, ethnic, or literary sense. It is used in the following terms:
People's Republic of China
* ', the Chinese name for the People' ...
* Section 3 : Zhonghua Road
Zhōnghuá, Chung¹-hua² or Chunghwa is a term that means "''China''" or "''relating to China''" (), in a cultural, ethnic, or literary sense. It is used in the following terms:
People's Republic of China
* ', the Chinese name for the People' ...
– terminates at Huajiang Bridge
Heping East Road
* Section 1 : Roosevelt Road
Roosevelt Road (originally named 12th Street) is a major east-west street in the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its western suburbs. It is 1200 South in the city's street numbering system, but only south of Madison Street. It runs under this ...
– Xinsheng Road
The Xinsheng Road (; also called 8th Avenue or Hsinsheng Road) is a major arterial in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Daan District in the south with the Zhongshan and the Shilin districts in the north. The roads were built along both sides of ...
* Section 2 : Xinsheng Road
The Xinsheng Road (; also called 8th Avenue or Hsinsheng Road) is a major arterial in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Daan District in the south with the Zhongshan and the Shilin districts in the north. The roads were built along both sides of ...
– Wolong Street Wolong () may refer to:
People
* Wolong, an alternative name for Zhuge Liang, Chinese politician in Three Kingdoms
* Wolong Sheng
Niu Heting (; 1930–1997), better known by his pen name Wolong Sheng (), was a Chinese writer of ''wuxia'' novel ...
* Section 3 : Wolong Street Wolong () may refer to:
People
* Wolong, an alternative name for Zhuge Liang, Chinese politician in Three Kingdoms
* Wolong Sheng
Niu Heting (; 1930–1997), better known by his pen name Wolong Sheng (), was a Chinese writer of ''wuxia'' novel ...
– terminates at Zhuangjing Tunnel
See also
* List of roads in Taiwan
This is a list of roads in Taiwan.
Taipei City
* Civic Boulevard
* Dihua Street
* Dunhua Road
* Fuxing Road (Taipei), Fuxing Road
* Guangfu Road
* Heping Road
* Jianguo Road (Taipei), Jianguo Road
* Keelung Road
* Ketagalan Boulevard
* Mins ...
References
Streets in Taipei
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zh:和平西路