National freeway 8 is a

freeway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms ...

, which begins in

Annan District Annan District () is a coastal district located in the west of Tainan, Taiwan. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Anshun was organized as a rural township of Tainan County. In 1946, the town ...

Tainan City Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of his ...

and ends in Sinhua District, Tainan on the provincial highway 20. The first 4.2 kilometres of the freeway (from provincial highway 17A to Tainan district road 133) is expressway-standard road with partial controlled access, while the rest is controlled-access highway.

Length

The total length is 15.5 km (9.6 miles).

Major cities along the route

Exit List

Lanes

The lanes in each direction are listed below. *2 lanes: **Tainan Top - Xinhua End

Notes

Completed in 1999.

References