Xinyi Road () is an
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below highway
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in
Taipei
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, connecting
Zhongzheng District
Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei Main Station is located in the district. It is home to most of the national government buildings of Taiwan.
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with
Xinyi District in
Taipei
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. Its western terminus is at the East Gate of
Taipei's former city wall, at the intersection of
Zhongshan Road,
Ketagalan Boulevard, and
Renai Road. Near the eastern terminus, there is an interchange with the
Xinyi Expressway, which connects Xinyi Road with
National Freeway 3 in
Wenshan District.
Xinyi Road forms a one-way couplet with the nearby
Renai Road, where Xinyi Road traffic travels eastbound, while Renai Road traffic travels westbound. As with Renai Road, Xinyi Road has a contraflow bus-only lane in the middle of the roadway.
Along Xinyi Road is the location of the original
Din Tai Fung restaurant,
which is famous for its Taiwanese dumplings, as well as the
Taipei 101
The Taipei 101 (; stylized in all caps), formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a 508 m (1,667 ft), 101-story skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by Taipei Financial Center Corporation. It was Council on Tall Buildings ...
skyscraper. The
Xinyi Line of
Taipei Metro
Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan.
It was the first rapi ...
runs underneath Xinyi Road.
See also
*
List of roads in Taiwan
This is a list of roads in Taiwan.
Taipei City
* Civic Boulevard
* Dihua Street
* Dunhua Road
* Fuxing Road (Taipei), Fuxing Road
* Guangfu Road
* Heping Road
* Jianguo Road (Taipei), Jianguo Road
* Keelung Road
* Ketagalan Boulevard
* Mins ...
References
Streets in Taipei
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