Taiwan Provincial Highway No. 21 is a Provincial Highway in

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that begins at Tianleng (天冷), Dongshi District,

Taichung City Taichung (, Wade–Giles: ''Tʻai²-chung¹'', pinyin: ''Táizhōng''), officially Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has approximately 2.8 million residents and is the second most populous city of Tai ...

, at the intersection with Provincial Highway No. 8 (

Central Cross-Island Highway The Central Cross-Island Highway () or Provincial Highway 8 is one of three highway systems that connect the west coast with the east of Taiwan. Construction The construction of the Central Cross-Island Highway began on July 7, 1956 and wa ...

), and ends at

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(塔塔加), where it is connected with Provincial Highway No. 18 (New Central Cross-Island Highway) in Yushan National Park. It is the primary highway to

Sun Moon Lake Sun Moon Lake (; Thao: ''Zintun'') is a lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao tribe, one of aboriginal tribes of Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake surrou ...

, a popular tourist destination. The total length is 145 km. A southern segment of the highway became Provincial Highway 29 in 2014. The segment was from Namasia to Linyuan in

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, and ran along the Cishan River(旗山溪) as well as the

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(高屏溪). The road between Tataka and Namasia was not built due to environmental and ecological issues.

Route

Provincial Highway No. 21 begins at Dongshi District,

, then passes through Guoxing, Puli, Yuchih,

, Shuili, Xinyi, and ends in Tataka. Its length is 144.385 km. The highway is a part of Fengpu Highway (豐埔公路) that runs from Fengyuan to Puli. The segment from Puli to Sun Moon Lake is a part of Zhongtan Highway (中潭公路), which connects downtown Taichung with the lake. The segment from Sun Moon Lake to Tataka is a part of the unfinished New Central Cross-Island Highway (新中橫公路). The cross-island highway plan was formally abandoned due to environmental concerns.

Branch Line

The only

branch line A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Industrial spur An industr ...

is named as Provincial Highway No. 21A, which is around the east side of

in Yuchih, Nantou County. Its length is 20.833 km.

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