Roosevelt Road () is a north–south avenue and part of
Provincial Highway 9 in
Taipei
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,
Taiwan
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, connecting
Zhongzheng District
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,
Daan District and
Wenshan District
Wenshan District is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei, Taiwan. It is the southernmost district of the twelve districts in Taipei. ''Wenshan'' previously referred to the region south of the Taipei Basin (including Sindian City, Xindian and ...
with
Xindian District
Xindian District () is an inner city district in the southern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Name
Xindian's name originated during the Qing Dynasty close to 300 years ago. According to legend, a person named Lin and others came from Quanzhou ...
,
New Taipei City
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022, making it the most populous city of Taiwan, and also the second largest special municipality by area, be ...
in the south of the
Taipei metropolitan area
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...
. It was named after
U.S. President
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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, making it the only street named for a
Western
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Places
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figure in Taipei, excluding the former
MacArthur Thruway
MacArthur Thruway (; shortened to ), was the first controlled-access highway in Taiwan, linking Taipei to Keelung from 1964 to 1977. It was a predecessor to the Taiwan's Highway system in Taiwan#National Highways, National Highway System.
Route
...
. The road was built along the route of the old
TRA Hsintien line, which closed in 1965.
Transport
Roosevelt Road passes through a number of commercial districts, schools, and government offices. It is the major access road to downtown Taipei from southern suburbs like
Xindian and
Jingmei, with heavy traffic at
peak hour
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.
Roosevelt Road is now served by
Taipei metro
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Xindian Line
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History
The Hsintien ...
. On the street level, two
bus lane
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s are laid in the middle of the road.
Points of interest
*Section 1
** MRT
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station
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** Zhongzheng District Office and Nanmen Market
**
Central Bank
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and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
*Section 2
** MRT
Guting Station
Guting (, formerly transliterated as Kuting Station until 2003) is a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan served by Taipei Metro. The defunct Hsintien line also had a station of the same name. However, its location is not the same as the current stati ...
** Guting Market
** Zhongzheng Junior High School & Nanchang Park
*Section 3
** MRT
Taipower Building Station
The Taipei Metro Taipower Building station is a station on the Xindian Line located on the border in Taipei, Taiwan.
Station overview
The two-level, underground station has an island platform and five exits.
Some trains from Songshan terminate ...
** TMI- Taiwan Mandarin Institute
**
Taiwan Power Company
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History
Taipower was established on 1 May 1946. Its origins can be traced to 1919 ...
Headquarters
**
Taipei Cultural Mosque
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*Section 4
** MRT
Gongguan Station
**
National Taiwan University
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The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
**
Gongguan Night Market
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*Section 5
** MRT
Wanlong Station
** Wanfu Elementary School
*Section 6
** MRT
Jingmei Station
The Taipei Metro Jingmei station (formerly transliterated as Chingmei Station until 2003) is located in Wenshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is on the Songshan–Xindian line.
Station overview
This two-level, underground station, has an islan ...
** Jingmei Night Market
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 ...
Streets in Taipei
Monuments and memorials to Franklin D. Roosevelt
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