Running from the island's head at Keelung to its tail in Pingtung, Taiwan has a new major transportation artery. Apart from alleviating the holiday crush during Chinese New Year's, expressway transportation will be extended to Pingtung, and through a variety of connectors the expressway network will link all of western Taiwan's principal cities and towns.
至此，從台灣頭的基隆到台灣尾的屏東，多了一條運輸大動脈，除了可望紓解年節假日中山高速公路的車潮外，高速公路的運輸服務也首度延伸至屏東地區。而透過四通八達的公路網連結西部各主要城市和鄉鎮，台灣西部正式進入高速公路網的新紀元。