Provincial Highway 21 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 21

Taiwan Provincial Highway No. 21 is a Provincial Highway in Taiwan, and it has a branch line. The main line of Provincial Highway No. 21 is currently separated as two sections. The north section of main line begins Tianleng (天冷), Dongshi District, Taichung City, which is connected with Provincial Highway No. 8 (Central Cross-Island Highway). It ends at Tataka(塔塔加), which is connected with Provincial Highway No. 18 (New Central-Crossing Highway) in Yushan National Park. The south section of main line begins in Namaxia District, Kaohsiung City, which is almost along with Cishan River(旗山溪) and Gaoping River(高屏溪), and ends in Linyuan. The middle section between Tataka and Namasia is not built and open to traffic due to environmental and ecological issues.

Length

Total length of main line is 314.486 km. But the middle section between Tataka and Namasia about 53 km is not built and open to traffic.

Branch Line

The only branch line is named as Provincial Highway No. 21A, which is around east side of Sun Moon Lake in Yuchih, Nantou County. Its length is 20.792 km.

Route

The main route of Provincial Highway No. 21 is currently separated as two sections:

The north section begins at Dongshi District, Taichung City, then passes through Guosing, Puli, Yuchih, Sun Moon Lake, Shueili, Sinyi, and ended in Tataka. Its length is 149.126 km.

The south section begins at Namaxia District, Kaohsiung City, then passes through Jiaxian, Shanlin, Qishan, Dashu, Daliao Districts of Kaohsiung, almost parallel with Cishan River and Gaoping River, and ended in Linyuan District. Its length is 112.394 km.

Due to environmental and ecological issues, the middle section between Tataka and Namaxia about 53 km is not built and open to traffic.

See also

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