Editing National Freeway 8

{{Short description|Road in Taiwan}}
{{Infobox road
|country=TWN
|type=Fwy
|route=8
|alternate_name=Tainan Branch
| map         = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|type=line|stroke-width=3}}
| map_custom  = yes
|length_mi=
|length_km=15.5
|length_round=1
|length_ref=
|established=16 August 1999
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|country=TWN|PH|17A}} in [[Annan District|Annan]]
|junction={{jct|country=TWN|Fwy|1}} in [[Sinshih District, Tainan|Sinshih]]<br>{{jct|country=TWN|Fwy|3}} in [[Sinhua District, Tainan|Sinhua]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|country=TWN|PH|20}} in [[Sinhua District, Tainan|Sinhua]]
|previous_type=Fwy
|previous_route=7
|next_type=Fwy
|next_route=10
}}

[[File:National Highway No. 8 (Taiwan).JPG|thumb|National freeway 8]]

'''National freeway 8''' is a [[freeway]], which begins in [[Annan District]] of [[Tainan City]] and ends in [[Sinhua District, Tainan]] on the provincial highway 20. The first 4.2 kilometres of the freeway (from provincial highway 17A to Tainan district road 133) is expressway-standard road with partial controlled access, while the rest is controlled-access highway.

==Length==
The total length is 15.5&nbsp;km (9.6 miles).

==Major cities along the route==
*[[Tainan City]]

==Exit List==
{{TWNinttop|exit|name|length_ref=<ref name=interchanges>{{cite web|title=Freeway No. 8&nbsp;– Distances of facilities (interchanges, service areas)|url=http://www.freeway.gov.tw/english/Publish.aspx?cnid=1914&p=4613|publisher=[[Taiwan Area National Freeway Bureau]]|accessdate=August 26, 2015}}</ref>}}
{{TWNint|exit|name
|county_special=[[Tainan City]]
|cspan=6
|location_special=[[Annan District|Annan]]
|km=0.0
|exit=0
|name=Tainan Top
|road={{jct|country=TWN|PH|17a|location1=Downtown Tainan|location2=[[Taijiang National Park]]|location3=Tainan Technology Park}}
}}

{{TWNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Anding District, Tainan|Anding]]
|type=incomplete
|km=2.4
|exit=2
|name=Xinji
|road={{jct|country=TWN|PH|19|location1=[[Annan District|Annan]]|location2=[[Sigang District, Tainan|Sigang]]}}
|notes=Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
}}

{{TWNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Sinshih District, Tainan|Sinshih]]
|lspan=2
|km=6.5
|exit=6
|name=Tainan System
|road={{jct|country=TWN|Fwy|1|location1=[[Taichung]]|location2=[[Tainan]]}}
}}

{{TWNint|exit|name
|km=9.7
|exit=9
|name=Xinshi
|road={{jct|country=TWN|PH|1|location1=[[Yongkang District|Yongkang]]|location2=[[Sinshih District, Tainan|Sinshih]]|location3=[[Tainan Science Park]]}}
}}

{{TWNint|exit|name
|location_special=[[Sinhua District, Tainan|Sinhua]]
|lspan=2
|km=14.6
|exit=14
|name=Xinhua System
|road={{jct|country=TWN|Fwy|3|location1=[[Pingtung City|Pingtung]]|location2=[[Douliu]]}}
}}

{{TWNint|exit|name
|km=15.5
|exit=15
|name=Xinhua
|road={{jct|country=TWN|PH|20|location1=[[Sinhua District, Tainan|Sinhua]]|location2=[[Shanshang District|Shanshang]]|location3=[[Zuozhen District|Zuozheng]]}}
}}

{{jctbtm|col=8}}

==Lanes==
The lanes in each direction are listed below.
*2 lanes:
**Tainan Top - Xinhua End

==See also==
* [[Highway system in Taiwan]]

==Notes==
Completed in 1999.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
http://www.freeway.gov.tw/

{{Freeways and Expressways in Taiwan}}

[[Category:Highways in Taiwan|Freeway No. 08]]


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