page_title: Provincial Highway 2 (Taiwan)
section_title: Spur routes
hierarchical_section_title: Provincial Highway 2 (Taiwan) / Spur routes
caption_attribution_description: English: Stormy sea seen on the Northern Coast Highway near JInguashi
context_page_description: Provincial Highway No. 2 is an east-west, 167.674 km-long provincial Taiwanese highway that starts from the border of Taipei and Tamsui and ends in Su'ao, Yilan. Although designed as an east-west route, the highway actually goes in north-south direction in Yilan County and parts of New Taipei City. The highway serves as the primary road for the north coast cities in Taiwan.
context_section_description: The highway has 7 spur routes. Each route use the same number, followed by a heavenly stem character. In English, these characters are replaced by letters in alphabetical order.
   Prov 2a (台2甲): Also known as Yangjin Highway (陽金公路) for most part, the road connects downtown Taipei to Highway 2 at Jinshan District, via Yangmingshan National Park located in north Taipei. The highway follows Yangde Ave. (仰德大道) and Zhongshan North Road (中山北路) in Taipei City. The total length is 36.863 km (22.906 mi).
   Prov 2b (台2乙): This route is the old Highway 2 segment that continues on to Taipei. The route starts from downtown Taipei and ends in Tamsui. Within Taipei the road follows Chongqing North Road (重慶北路), Chengde Road (承德路) and Dadu Road (大度路) before entering Tamsui. The road goes into downtown Tamsui before ending at the junction of Highway 2. The total length is 21.660 km.
   Prov 2c (台2丙): This route is a mountain bypass of the parent route for the stretch between Keelung and Gongliao. The road starts at the junction of PH 2D in southern Keelung and ends at Highway 2 in Gongliao. It connects the mountain towns in northeast New Taipei, including Pingxi, Shuangxi and Gongliao. The total length is 29.957 km.
   Prov 2d (台2丁): This route connects National Highway No. 1 and Highway 2, bypassing downtown Keelung. The road runs parallel with PH 62, a limited-access expressway that was built to alleviate the traffic on PH 2D.  The total length is 13.390 km.
   Prov 2e (台2戊): This route is the old Highway 2 segment in Yilan County, and goes from Wujie to Su'ao. The route runs parallel with its parent highway. The total length is 12.077 km.
   Prov 2f (台2己): This route connects Port of Keelung and National Highway No. 3 and is used as an alternate route for trucks. This is the only provincial highway that is entirely a limited-access road. The road is entirely within Keelung City. The total length is 4.219 km.
   Prov 2g (台2庚): This route connects National Highway No.5, Highway 9 and Highway 2 in Yilan County. The road is entirely within Toucheng. The total length is 3.741 km.
caption: Views from the highway on a stormy day
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