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Xinyi Road (, also called 2nd Blvd) is an eastbound one-way arterial forming a one-way couplet with the nearby
Renai Road
Ren'ai Road (; also called 3rd Blvd and sometimes spelled RenAi, Renai or Jen-Ai) is a major arterial road in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Xinyi District in the east with the Daan and Zhongzheng districts towards the west. Renai Road forms ...
(3rd Blvd), connecting the
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 ...
with the
Xinyi District in
Taipei
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 ...
,
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 the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
. Its western terminus is at the East Gate of
Taipei's former city wall, at the intersection of
Zhongshan Road
Zhongshan, Chungshan, or Jhongshan () is a common name of Chinese roads, usually in honor of Sun Yat-sen, better known in Chinese as "Sun Chungshan (Zhongshan)", who is considered by many to be the "Father of Modern China".
In Chinese cities, "Zho ...
,
Ketagalan Boulevard
Ketagalan Boulevard () is an arterial road in Zhongzheng District in Taipei, Taiwan, between the Presidential Office Building and the . It is long and has a total of ten lanes in each direction with no median.
History
The former name of this ...
, and
Renai Road
Ren'ai Road (; also called 3rd Blvd and sometimes spelled RenAi, Renai or Jen-Ai) is a major arterial road in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Xinyi District in the east with the Daan and Zhongzheng districts towards the west. Renai Road forms ...
. Near the eastern terminus, there is a new interchange with the new
Xinyi Expressway Xinyi is an atonal pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese words. It may refer to:
Clothing
* Xinyi (clothing) (), a form of undershirt worn during the Han era
Mainland China
*Xinyi, Jiangsu (), a county-level city in Xuzhou, Jiangsu
** X ...
, a new highway connecting Xinyi Road in the Xinyi District to National Highway 3 in the
Muzha District
Muzha/Mucha () was a district in Taipei City, Taiwan. The name refers to wooden fences built in the region to defend against attacks by Taiwanese aborigines. In 1990, it merged with Jingmei District and become eastern parts of new created Wenshan ...
.
Xinyi Road is known for the location of the original
Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tín-thai-fûng) is a Taiwanese restaurant chain. Outside Taiwan, Din Tai Fung also has branches in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand ...
restaurant, which is famous for its Taiwanese dumplings, and as well as the location of the
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 (; stylized as TAIPEI 101), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a supertall skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. This building was officially classified as the world's tallest from its opening in 2004 until the 2009 ...
skyscraper. In recent years, landscaped medians separating traffic have been added, along with a contra-flow bus rapid transit lane. The
Xinyi Line Xinyi is an atonal pinyin romanization of various Mandarin Chinese words. It may refer to:
Clothing
* Xinyi (clothing) (), a form of undershirt worn during the Han era
Mainland China
*Xinyi, Jiangsu (), a county-level city in Xuzhou, Jiangsu
** ...
of
Taipei Metro
Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), branded as Metro Taipei, is a rapid transit system serving the areas of Taipei and New Taipei City, New Taipei in Taiwan, operated by the State-owned enterprise, government-owned Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation ...
runs underneath Xinyi Road.
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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