Wufeng IC at southern end of Provincial Highway 74

Provincial Highway 74 (), also known as the Kuaiguan-Wufeng Expressway (快官烏日線) or Taichung Ring Expressway (台中環線), is an

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around

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Taiw ...

. It starts at Kuaiguan Interchange on Freeway No. 3 in

Changhua City Changhua (Hokkien POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. For many centuries the site was h ...

and ends at Wufeng Interchange on Freeway No. 3 in

Wufeng District Wufeng District () is a suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. It is the location of Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council. Wufeng is a mainly agricultural town. It was heavily damaged by the Jiji earthquake on 21 September 1999, whic ...

Length

Main line

The total length of main line is 37.841 km. The route between Kuaiguan Interchange and Zhongqing Rd. was opened to the public on May 5, 2002. During this time it was known as the Taichung-Changhua Expressway (中彰快速道路). Afterwards, the east section between Songzhu Rd. and Wufeng Interchange was opened to the public on December 31, 2011. The route between Zhongqing Rd. and Chongde Rd. was opened to traffic on December 31, 2013.

Branch Line

The branch line (Provincial Highway No. 74A, ) which starts at the western end of Provincial Highway No. 74 (Kuaiguan Interchange) and ends at Provincial Highway No. 1 in

Huatan, Changhua Huatan Township () is a rural township in Changhua County, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with t ...

. Its length is 10.5km (6.5 miles).

Major Cities Along the Route

Exit list

Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways

* Freeway No. 3 at Kuaiguan Interchange in

and Wufeng Interchange in

. * Freeway No.4 at Tanzi JCT in Tanzi * Freeway No. 1 at Daya JCT in Daya.It is under construction and will open to traffic in 2023.

Notes

The original plan has a western section between

Changhua Coastal Industrial Park Changhua Coastal Industrial Park (; simply 彰濱工業區, Changbin) is located on reclaimed land in the coast of Changhua County of Taiwan, spanning Lukang Township, Xianxi Township and Shengang Township Shengang can refer to the following pla ...

and Hemei Interchange of Freeway in

Hemei, Changhua Hemei Township is an urban township in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Dadu River to the north, Shengang and Xianxi to the west, Lukang and Xiushui to the south, and Changhua City to the east. History An early nam ...

. The exact route has now been constructed and named as Provincial Highway No. 61B. It was opened to the public on October 15, 2011.

References

;Notes ;Sources
Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Transportation and Communications

External links

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