Work began on National Highway 3 in 1987 and ran for 16 years; the road opened to traffic in January 2004. Running from Keelung in the north to Pingtung's Linpien Township in the south, it is 518 kilometers long and cost NT $ 458 billion to construct.
自民國 76 年起，施工 16 年，北起基隆，南至屏東林邊鄉，全長 518 公里，斥資 4580 億元興建的台灣第二條高速公路，於去年元月全線通車。