Taipei City Guide - Getting There By Road

As Taiwan is an island, you can't drive to Taipei from any other country. Two freeways run north to south. There are two major freeways into Taipei: Freeway No. 1 or the Chung-Shan freeway and Freeway No. 3 or the north-south freeway, known locally as the second freeway. Both go more or less north/south. From Freeway No. 1, take the Chung-Ching South Road and pass Chien-Kuo South Road to Chung-Hsio East Road to get into the city. From Freeway No. 3, take the Mu-Chia Road, pass Hsin-Hai Road and Fu-Hsing South Road to Chung-Hsio East Road. Taiwan has a higher car ownership per head than any country in the world, so the freeways are often congested.