Freeway 1 (Taiwan)
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Circles:
- Keelung
- Taipei
- New Taipei City
- Taoyuan
- Xinzhu
- Miaoli
- Taizhong
- Zhanghua
- Yunlin
- Jiayi
- Tainan
- Kaohsiung
The National Highway 1, better known as Freeway 1, is a highway in Taiwan. The highway is a north-south route in the west of the island of Keelung via Taipei along the western coast up to Kaohsiung. The highway runs parallel to National Highway. The highway is 373 km long.
Street Description
The Freeway 1 begins in the port city of Keelung, in the center of the city. The highway here has 2x2 lanes and runs directly through a short tunnel, whereupon the Southwest highway running through an urban corridor between Taipei and Keelung. Then follows the toll station of Taipei, is followed by a node with the Freeway 3 runs parallel to the freeway 1 and the east and south of Taipei connects, while the Highway 1 runs north and west of Taipei. The highway has only 2x4 lanes and is then split into a parallel structure with 4x2 lanes. The connectors are designed as large-scale nodes, complete with wide streets in the city of Taipei. The parallel track is wider, with 14 lanes and then cross the river Danshui.
There are 2x4 lanes for through traffic and 2x3 lanes for departures in the section. The part through the north of Taipei runs through densely populated areas. The parallel route ends after 21 kilometers, according to the Xizhi - Wugu Elevated Highway Connection named Freeway and Freeway 1, the overpasses even have 2x4 lanes and it follows a large toll station. To the west of Taipei takes you through a wooded and hilly area. In Taoyuan Freeway is crossed which leads to Taipei Taoyuan International Airport and then the freeway is checked. After that, the highway has 2x3 lanes and nearly every departure is a city with over 100,000 inhabitants. After the Taoyuan Provincial Expressway is crossed an east -west axis from the coast inland.
Further south leads to the freeway close to the coast and follow hilly areas. Then the Expressway and Freeway 3 is crossed. The number of motorway exits are not as high as in the north and the highway has 2x3 Fahrspuhren. In Miaoli crossing the Expressway a brief from many east-west highways to the coast. This is followed by low forested mountains and then an area with numerous large rivers that carry much water from the mountains with wide river beds during the rainy season.
In the near Fengyuan the Freeway is crossed, a short east-west highway to Qingshui on the coast. The highway then runs along the west side of Taizhong, a city with over 1 million inhabitants. Parallel to the highway here runs the Expressway which serves local traffic. On the south side of Taizhong you cross the freeway 3 for the third time. In Dounan the Expressway is crossed and then runs along the west coast on. The motorway is some distance west of the city Jiayi over and then crossing the Expressway.
The highway 2x3 lane passes through a broad flat coastal strip with a few large cities. In Xinshi the Freeway is crossed and then executes east of Tainan along. South of the Expressway is crossed, which leads east to Guanmiao. After that, the highway runs through the territory of Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan. The southernmost part of the Freeways 1 then again 2x4 lanes and ends at the port and at the city in the south of the airport.
History
Construction of the highway began in 1971. 1974, the first section between Keelung and Zhongli was opened. It was then the first highway of Taiwan. Finally, in 1978 the entire highway was opened, which led up to Kaohsiung. 1997 the parallel line was opened about 21 km in the height of Taipei with 14 lanes to increase capacity. From Taipei ( exit 33 Wugu ) to Exit 69 on the highway has about 36 kilometers 10 lanes, since it was expanded by the increased Wuyang highway. Work on this began in November 2009 and was completed on 20 April 2013.
Opening the data highway
Toll
The Freeway 1 is a toll road with an open toll system. All 30 to 50 kilometers up a toll booth. Since 2006 you can also electronically pay the toll with the help of a transponder at toll stations.
Traffic
In 2009, 70,000 vehicles daily run on the highway at Keelung to Taipei and then rises to 250,000 ride witness daily. The middle section between Taipei and Kaohsiung counts 70000-120000 vehicles per day. In Kaohsiung these rises again to 190,000 vehicles per day and at the end of the motorway it is about 75,000 vehicles per day.