Provincial Highway 1 (Taiwan)


Provincial Highway 1 is a -long Taiwanese provincial highway that starts in the north of the country near Taipei Main Station and ends in the south at Fangshan, Pingtung County. It intersects with Provincial Highway 9 and Provincial Highway 26. Before the freeway system was built in Taiwan, this was the primary north-south highway for the island. The highway connects most of the major cities in Taiwan. In most parts of Taiwan, the road is known as The North-South Highway.
Kilometre posts on the highway count south from Taipei.

Route Description

Taipei and New Taipei Cities

Provincial Highway 1 begins in front of Executive Yuan in Taipei. The highway follows Zhongxiao West Road in Taipei, and crosses into Sanchong, New Taipei City via Zhongxiao Bridge. The highway is known as Xinbei Blvd as it passes through Sanchong, Xinzhuang, and Taishan. PH 1 continues through Shulin and enters Taoyuan City.

Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli

In Taoyuan, PH1 passes through the most populated areas, including Guishan, Downtown Taoyuan, Bade, Zhongli, Pingzhen, and Yangmei. In downtown Taoyuan, PH1 runs concurrent with PH4. The highway continues to Hsinchu County, passing Hukou, Xinfeng, Zhubei before entering downtown Hsinchu City. PH 1 continues through Miaoli County, connecting the coastal townships of Zhunan, Toufen, Zaoqiao, Houlong, Xihu, Tongxiao, and Yuanli before entering Taichung City. The highway briefly runs concurrent with PH61 in Tongxiao, Miaoli.

Taichung and Changhua

In Taichung City, PH 1 is an important route connecting the coastal districts. The highway passes through the districts of Dajia, Qingshui, Wuqi, Longjing, and Dadu, before exiting the city in Wuri. The highway continues to Changhua County, Passing through Changhua City and the agricultural townships of Huatan and Dacun before entering downtown Yuanlin. From Yuanlin the highway continues through a number of rural townships, including Puxin, Yongjing, Tianwei, Beidou, Xizhou, and Pitou. The highway enters Xiluo in Yunlin County via Xizhou Bridge, passing through Zhuoshui River.

Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan

PH 1 in Yunlin county passes through Xiluo, Cihtong, Huwei, Dounan and Dapi before entering Chiayi County at Dalin. The highway continues through Xikou and Minxiong before entering Chiayi City. PH 1 then continues to Shuishang in Chiayi County before entering Tainan City. In Tainan City, the highway is one of the main roads that connect the major urban districts. The urban and rural districts served by PH 1 include Houbi, Xinying, Liuying, Lioujia, Guantian, Shanhua, Xinshi, and Yongkang. The highway then goes through the downtown Tainan City and Tainan Airport as Zhonghua Rd.

Kaohsiung and Pingtung

Entering Kaohsiung City, the highway passes through several rural and suburban districts, including Hunei, Lujhu, Gangshan, and Ciaotou, before entering central Kaohsiung City. In central Kaohsiung, PH 1 follows Minzu Rd. before turning to an east-west direction along Jiuru Rd. and Jianguo Rd. in Fengshan. The highway crosses through Gaoping River in Daliao and continues toward Pingtung City in Pingtung County. After bypassing downtown Pingtung City, the highway goes back to a north-south direction, passing through Linluo, Neipu, Zhutian, Chaozhou, Nanzhou, Xinpi, Jiadong, Fangliao, and ends at the intersection of PH 9 and PH 26 in Fangshan.

Major cities along the route

s of Provincial Highway 1 use the same number, followed by a heavenly stem character. In English, these characters are replaced by letters in alphabetical order.