Provincial_Highway_72_(Taiwan)
Provincial Highway 72 (Taiwan)
Road in Taiwan
Provincial Highway 72 (Chinese: 台72線) is an expressway, which begins in Houlong, Miaoli on Guanghua Road (Provincial Highway No. 1) and ends in Shitan, Miaoli on the Provincial Highway No. 3.
| Provincial Highway 72 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 台72線 | ||||
| 東西向快速公路後龍汶水線 (East-West Expressway, Houlong-Wenshui Line) | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Directorate General of Highways | ||||
| Length | 28.6 km[1] (17.8 mi) | |||
| Existed | January 2001–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  Prov 1 in Houlong, Miaoli | |||
| East end |  Prov 3 in Shitan, Miaoli | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Taiwan | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The total length is 28 km (17.4 mi).
| City | Location | km[1] | Mile | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miaoli County | Houlong | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2 | Houlong |  Prov 1 to Prov 6 – Xihu, Houlong | |
| 5.2 | 3.2 | 5 | Xingang | Houlong | Westbound Exit and Eastbound Entrance | ||
| 6.7 | 4.2 | 6 | Zaoqiao |  Prov 13a – Zaoqiao, Miaoli City | |||
| Touwu | 10.1 | 6.3 | 10 | Touwu 1 |   Prov 13 to Nat 1 – Touwu, Miaoli City | ||
| 12.8 | 8.0 | 12 | Touwu 2 | Miaoli County Government | |||
| Gongguan | 15.8 | 9.8 | 15 | Gongguan | Prov 6 – Gongguan, Miaoli City | ||
| Tongluo | 20.8 | 12.9 | 20 | Tongluo |  Cty 128 to Nat 1 – Gongguan, Tongluo | East end of freeway | |
| Shitan | 31 | 19 | 31 | Shitan | Prov 3 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
No direct connections. However, Houlong IC of National Highway No. 3 and Touwu IC. and Miaoli IC of National Highway No. 1 are close to this expressway.
Tongluo IC - Shitan End completed on January 29, 2005.
There is a 2 km planned route west of the Provincial Highway No. 1. Its construction is postponed indefinitely.
A trial program to allow a motorcycle with a cylinder capacity of more than 250 cm3 or with an electric power of more than 40 horsepowers was started in January 2005 for one year. This trial program was extended for one year.
- "Expressway Mileage Chart" (in Chinese). Directorate General of Highways, MOTC. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
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