This year&rsquos Qingming Festival holiday (April 3&ndash6, 2025) spans four days. The Freeway Bureau expects a significant amount of traffic for tomb-sweeping and travel, and will implement ramp metering and traffic control measures to ease congestion at bottlenecks during peak hours.
If travelers cannot avoid peak periods, the bureau recommends using 11 alternative routes (4 for long-distance, 7 for short-distance) to bypass congested sections and avoid queueing at interchange entrances, saving valuable travel time.
National Highway Long-Distance Alternative Routes Map (Photo / Screenshot from Ministry of Transportation Website)
Long-distance alternative routes include:
- Northbound National Freeway No. 5 (Toucheng to Pinglin)
- Both directions of Freeway No. 1 and No. 3 (Hsinchu to Tainan)
- Both directions of Freeway No. 6 (Jiouzheng to Taichung)
- Freeway No. 3 (Wufeng to National Freeway No.1 Taichung System & Zhonggang System)
Short-distance regional routes include:
- Freeway No. 1: Hukou&ndashHsinchu, Daya System&ndashYuanlin (Beidou)
- Freeway No. 3: Tucheng&ndashSanxia, Sanxia&ndashDaxi
- Kuai Guan&ndashCaotun, Zhongxing&ndashZhongtou (northbound)
- Freeway No. 3: Tianliao&ndashFreeway No.10 Qishan (eastbound)
All routes are clearly marked and searchable via the Highway 1968 App and official website, which also provides real-time traffic images and travel time comparisons between the freeway and alternatives.
Ramp Closures:
To manage traffic during the Qingming holiday, the following freeway ramps will be closed:
- March 22 & 29 (Saturdays):
- National Freeway No. 5: Shiding, Pinglin (southbound) &ndash 5:00&ndash12:00
- April 3 (Thursday):
- Freeway No. 1: Pingzhen & Puyan Systems (southbound) &ndash 5:00&ndash12:00
- Freeway No. 5: Shiding, Pinglin (southbound) &ndash 0:00&ndash12:00
- April 4 (Friday):
- Same as above
- April 5&ndash6 (Saturday&ndashSunday):
- Freeway No. 1: Puyan & Huwei (northbound) &ndash 12:00&ndash21:00
- Freeway No. 3: Xibin (northbound) &ndash 12:00&ndash21:00
National Highway Long-Distance Alternative Routes Map (Photo / Screenshot from Ministry of Transportation Website)
The Highway Bureau has planned 6 alternative routes in response to these closures, available on the 1968 App for pre-trip planning.
