Provincial Highway 68 () is an

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, which begins in

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at Nanliao on the Provincial Highway No. 15 and ends in

Zhudong Zhudong Township is an urban township in central Hsinchu County, Taiwan. Part of Hsinchu Science Park is in Zhudong. Also located in Zhudong is the main campus of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). Zhudong is approximately 2 ...

on Zhongfeng Road (Provincial Road No. 3).

Route Description

Provincial Highway 68 begins at the

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in the North District and passes through the northern parts of Hsinchu City while running in a south-easterly direction. It then passes through

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, where a bridge can be used to reach Freeway 3. The route eventually ends at an intersection with Provincial Highway 3 in

Length

The total length is 22.992 km (14.287 mi).

Exit list

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Major Cities Along the Route

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Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways

No direct connections. However, Zhubei IC. of National Highway No. 1 and Zhulin IC. of National Highway No. 3 are not far away from this expressway.

Branch lines

The branch line (No. 68A) connects Zhaoyang Road (County Highway No. 123) in

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Notes

The first section (Hsinchu Science Park IC. - Qionglin IC.) completed in 1999. A trial program to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 250 cm³ or with an electric power of more than 40

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s was started in January 2005 for one year. This trial program was extended for one year.

References

http://www.thb.gov.tw/ Highways in Taiwan {{Taiwan-road-stub