Provincial Highway 74 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 74
台74線
Route information
Maintained by Directorate General of Highways
Length	37.841 km[1] (23.513 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Nat 3 in Changhua City, Changhua County
East end	Nat 3 in Wufeng, Taichung City
Highway system
Highway system in Taiwan ← Prov 72 → Prov 76

Provincial Highway 74 (Chinese: 台74線), also known as the Kuaiguan-Wufeng Expressway (快官烏日線) or Taichung Ring Expressway (台中環線), is an expressway around Taichung City. It starts at Kuaiguan Interchange on Freeway No. 3 in Changhua City and ends at Wufeng Interchange on Freeway No. 3 in Wufeng District.

Length[]

Main line[]

The total length of main line is 37.841 km. The route between Kuaiguan Interchange and Zhongqing Rd. was opened to 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 public on December 31, 2011. The route between Zhongqing Rd. and Chongde Rd. was opened to traffic on December 31, 2013.

Branch Line[]

There is a branch line (Provincial Highway No. 74A, Chinese: 台74甲線) from the western end of Provincial Highway No. 74 (Kuaiguan Interchange) to connect the Provincial Highway No. 1 in Huatan, Changhua. Its length is 10.5 km.

Major Cities Along the Route[]

• Changhua City
• Taichung City

Exit list[]

County	Location	km[1]	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Changhua	Changhua	0.000	0.000	0	Kuaiguan	Nat 3 – Nantou, Hemei south	Roadway continues as PH 74A
Taichung City	Wuri	1.650	1.025	1	Chenggong	Wuri
	Nantun	4.000	2.485	4	HSR Taichung	THSR Taichung Station
		5.500	3.418	5	Nantun 1	Section 4, Huanzhong Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		7.140	4.437	7	Nantun 2	Cty 136 (Wuquan West Road)
	Xitun	8.900	5.530	8	Xitun 1	Shizheng Road
		10.000	6.214	10	Xitun 2	Chaoma Road / Qinghai Road
		10.940	6.798	11	Xitun 3	Xitun Road
		13.000	8.078	13	Beitun 1	Kaixuan Road
	Beitun	14.320	8.898	14	Beitun 2	Songzhu Road
		16.987	10.555	16	Chongde	Chongde Road
	Tanzi	18.847	11.711	18	Tanzi	Prov 3 (Zhongshan Road) – Tanzi District
						Nat 4	Planned interchange
	Beitun	22.750	14.136	22	Songzhu	Section 1, Songzhu Road / Dongshan Road
		24.411	15.168	24	Taiyuan	Taiyuan Road
	Taiping–East district line	26.935	16.737	26	Taiping	Zhongshan Road, Leye Road, Dongshan Road – Taiping District
	Dali	30.137	18.726	30	Dali 1	Defang South Road, Zhenxing Road, Taiping Road
		32.854	20.415	32	Dali 2	To Prov 63 (Zhongtou Highway)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Wufeng	37.841	23.513	37	Wufeng	Nat 3 to Nat 6 – Caotun, Wuri District Prov 3 – Wufeng
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Incomplete access       Unopened

Intersections with other Freeways and Expressways[]

• Freeway No. 3 at Kuaiguan Interchange in Changhua City and Wufeng Interchange in Wufeng District.
• There is no direct connection with Freeway No. 1. However, it is very close to Daya, Taichung, and Nantun Interchanges of Freeway No. 1. A short link just south of the Nantun IC. has been completed, but has not yet been opened. It will also provide direct access to the Taichung High Speed Rail Station.

Notes[]

The original plan has a western section between Changhua Coastal Industrial Park and Hemei Interchange of Freeway in Hemei, Changhua. The exact route has now been constructed and named as Provincial Highway No. 61B. It was opened to public on October 15, 2011.

See also[]

• Highway system in Taiwan

References[]

Notes

Sources

• Directorate General of Highways, Ministry of Transportation and Communications

External links[]

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