Freeway 6 (Taiwan)

Freeway 6
Route information
Maintained by Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau
Length:	37.6 km (23.4 mi)
Existed:	March 21, 2009 – present
Major junctions
West end:	Fwy. 3 in Wufeng District
East end:	PH 14 in Puli
Highway system
Highway system in Taiwan ← Fwy. 5 Fwy. 7 →

Freeway 6

Freeway No. 6 (also called Shuishalian Freeway or Central East-West Freeway) is a freeway between Wufeng, Taichung and Puli, Nantou, and all of the main line was already open to traffic on March 21, 2009. The freeway runs parallel with Provincial Highway 14 for most of its length.

Length

The length is about 37.6 km between Wufeng, Taichung and Puli, Nantou.

Exit List

County	Location	km[1]	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Taichung City	Wufeng	0.0	0.0	0	Wufeng System	Fwy. 3
		3.0	1.9	3	Jiuzheng	PH 3 – Wufeng, Caotun	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Nantou	Caotun	5.0	3.1	5	East Caotun	PH 14 – Caotun
	Guoxing	17.0	10.6	17	Guoxing	PH 14 – Guoxing
		25.0	15.5	25	Beishan	PH 14 – Guoxing, Puli	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Puli	29.0	18.0	29	Ailan	PH 14 – Yuchi, Puli
		34.0	21.1	34	Puli	PH 21 – Guoxing, Puli	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		37.0	23.0	37		PH 14 – Puli, Wushe
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Highway system in Taiwan

Notes

Its construction was begun on March 25, 2004. On January 27, 2008, the main line between Ailan IC and Puli terminal was open to traffic. Then, the main line between Wufeng JCT and East Caotun IC, and the East Caotun connection way were open to traffic on December 27, 2008. The other part of main line between east Caotun IC and Ailan IC was already open to traffic on March 21, 2009. Afterwards, Guoxing IC was open to traffic on October 22, 2009. Then, Jiuzheng IC was open to traffic on January 31, 2011. Beishan IC was completed on November 21, 2013.

There is a plan to extend the route further east to Hualien City. However, it is technically difficult due to the mountains between Puli, Nantou and Hualien City.

References

http://www.taneeb.gov.tw/home.htm

Freeways and Expressways in Taiwan Freeways North–South 1 Sun Yat-sen 3 Formosa 5 Chiang Wei-shui 7 East–West 2 Taoyuan Inner Beltway 4 Taichung Beltway 6 Nantou Section 8 Tainan Branch 10 Kaohsiung Branch Provincial Highways North–South 61 65 East–West 62 64 66 68 72 74 76 78 82 84 86 88