National Freeway 6

National freeway 6
National freeway 6
Shuishalian Freeway
Route information
	Maintained by Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau
Length	37.6 km (23.4 mi)
Existed	21 March 2009–present
Major junctions
West end	Nat 3 in Wufeng District
East end	Prov 14 in Puli
Location
Country	Taiwan
Highway system
	Highway system in Taiwan;

Guoxing Interchange

National freeway 6, also known as Shuishalian Freeway or Central East-West Freeway, is a freeway between Wufeng, Taichung and Puli, Nantou, and all of the main line was already open to traffic on 21 March 2009. The freeway runs parallel with provincial highway 14 for most of its length.

Length[edit]

The length is about 37.6 km between Wufeng, Taichung and Puli, Nantou.

Exit List[edit]

County	Location	km^[1]	mi	Exit	Name	Destinations	Notes
Taichung City	Wufeng	0.0	0.0	0	Wufeng System	Nat 3
Taichung City	Wufeng	3.0	1.9	3	Jiuzheng	Prov 3 – Wufeng, Caotun	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Nantou	Caotun	5.0	3.1	5	East Caotun	Prov 14 – Caotun
	Guoxing	17.0	10.6	17	Guoxing	Prov 14 – Guoxing
	Guoxing	25.0	15.5	25	Beishan	Prov 14 – Guoxing, Puli	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Puli	29.0	18.0	29	Ailan	Prov 14 – Yuchi, Puli
		34.0	21.1	34	Puli	Prov 21 – Guoxing, Puli	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		37.0	23.0	37		Prov 14 – Puli, Wushe
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Background[edit]

Its construction began on 25 March 2004. On 27 January 2008, the main line between Ailan IC and Puli terminal was open to traffic. Then, the main line between Wufeng JCT and East Caotun IC, and the East Caotun connection way were open to traffic on 27 December 2008. The other part of main line between east Caotun IC and Ailan IC was already open to traffic on 21 March 2009. Afterwards, Guoxing IC was open to traffic on 22 October 2009. Then, Jiuzheng IC was open to traffic on 31 January 2011. Beishan IC was completed on 21 November 2013.

There is a plan to extend the route further east to Hualien City. However, it is technically difficult due to the mountains between Puli, Nantou and Hualien City.