Zhongshan Road named after Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...

, is a major arterial in Taipei

Taipei

Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 connecting the Zhongzheng

Zhongzheng

Zhongzheng District is the home of most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China. This includes the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, and various government ministries...

 District in the south with the Datong

Datong

Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province of North China, located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of...

, Shilin

Shilin

Shilin District is a district of Taipei. The name "Shilin" was derived from Pattsiran, the Ketagalan word for "hot springs". It was then transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" Bāzhīlán, and finally re-analyzed as "scholars as many as the trees in the woods" .-History:Shilin is foremost a residential...

 Districts and the Beitou District in the north. Zhongshan is notable as the commuting route of former ROC president Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....

 between the Presidential Building and his Shilin

Shilin

Shilin District is a district of Taipei. The name "Shilin" was derived from Pattsiran, the Ketagalan word for "hot springs". It was then transliterated into Chinese as "八芝蘭" Bāzhīlán, and finally re-analyzed as "scholars as many as the trees in the woods" .-History:Shilin is foremost a residential...

 District residence. Throughout the route, it is divided into express and local lanes, with landscaped medians in between. Notable landmarks located along Zhongshan Roads includes:

• National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall
• Former Kuomintang
  Kuomintang
  The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
  
   Headquarters
• National Taiwan University Hospital
  National Taiwan University Hospital
  National Taiwan University Hospital started operations under Japanese rule in Dadaocheng on June 18, 1895, and moved to its present location in 1898. The Hospital was later annexed to the Medical School of Taipei Imperial University and renamed Taipei Imperial University Medical School Affiliated...
  
  
• Taipei Main Station
  Taipei Main Station
  Taipei Station, also called Taipei Railway Station or Taipei Main Station , refers to the old downtown region in Taipei City, Taiwan, where different modes of public transport systems converge; the station is at the center of this region...
  
  
• Executive Yuan
  Executive Yuan
  The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China , commonly known as "Taiwan".-Organization and structure:...
  
  
• Judicial Yuan
  Judicial Yuan
  The Judicial Yuan is one of five branches of the government of the Republic of China in Taiwan and serves as the highest judicial organ in Republic of China. Its Justices of the Constitutional Court , with 15 members, is charged with interpreting the Constitution...
  
  
• Mackay Memorial Hospital
  Mackay Memorial Hospital
  Mackay Memorial Hospital , established on December 26, 1912, is a private Christian hospital located in down-town Taipei. The hospital is mostly associated with the Revd Dr George Leslie Mackay DD, the first modern missionary to northern Taiwan. The hospital is deeply rooted in the Presbyterian...
  
  
• Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  Taipei Fine Arts Museum
  The Taipei Fine Arts Museum is a museum in Taipei, Taiwan. The museum first opened on December 24, 1983 at the former site of the United States Taiwan Defense Command . It was the first purpose built museum in Taiwan to host modern and contemporary art exhibitions...
  
  
• Grand Hotel
  Grand Hotel (Taipei City)
  The Grand Hotel , is a landmark located at Yuanshan in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Republic of China . The hotel was established in May 1952 and the main building was completed on October 10, 1973...
  
  
• Shilin Night Market
  Shilin Night Market
  The Shilin Night Market is a night market in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan, and is often considered to be the largest and most famous night market in the city.-Overview:...
  
  
• Shilin Presidential Grounds (Chiang Kai-shek's former residence)
• Tianmu
  Tianmu
  Tianmu is a neighborhood located in Shilin, Taipei City, Taiwan. Located on the northern border of Shilin District, Tianmu borders the neighboring district of Beitou and Yangmingshan National Park....
  
  

Zhongshan Road is divided into north and south sections, with the north section lying between Zhongxiao Road and northern Beitou (dead-end), and the south section between Aiguo Road and Roosevelt Road. There are seven sections in the northern part and only one section in the southern part.

Over the past years, Taipei City has been replacing the Zhongshan Bridge crossing Keelung River to improve traffic flow at the Beian Road/Xinsheng Expressway interchange. The bridge replacement project was completed in early 2007.

Zhongshan Road South

• Aiguo Road/Roosevelt Road
• Ketagalan Boulevard
  Ketagalan Boulevard
  Ketagalan Boulevard is located in Zhongzheng District in Taipei, Taiwan, between the Presidential Building and the East Gate . The length is 400 m. There are ten lanes for two-way traffic, and no traffic islands.-History:...
  
  /Renai Road
  Renai Road
  Renai Road is a major arterial road in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Xinyi District in the east with the Daan and Zhongzheng districts towards the west. Renai Road forms a one-way couplet with Xinyi Road between Guangfu Road and Zhongshan Road, with Renai for westbound traffic and Xinyi for...
  
   (3rd Blvd)/Xinyi Road
  Xinyi Road
  Xinyi Road is an eastbound one-way arterial forming a one-way couplet with the nearby Renai Road , connecting the Zhongzheng District with the Xinyi District in Taipei, Taiwan....
  
   (2nd Blvd)

Zhongshan Road North

• Zhongxiao Road
  Zhongxiao Road
  Zhongxiao Road is a major arterial and provincial highway in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Zhongzheng district in the west with the Daan, Songshan, Xinyi, and Nangang districts towards the east...
  
   (4th Blvd)
• Civic Blvd Expressway
  Civic Blvd Expressway
  The Civic Blvd. Expressway is a 4 to 6-lane highway located in Taipei, Taiwan. It was completed in 1997 as part of a multi-modal reconstruction project to improve transportation networks in congested central Taipei...
  
   (5th Blvd)
• Changan Road (6th Blvd)
• Nanjing Road
  Nanjing Road (Taipei)
  Nanjing Road is a major arterial in Taipei, Taiwan, connecting the Datong district in the west with the Zhongshan and Songshan districts in the east. Nanjing Road is known for tremendous traffic, channeling traffic from the MacAuthur 1st Bridge into central Taipei...
  
   (7th Blvd)
• Minsheng Road
  Minsheng Road
  Minsheng Road is an east-west 4-lane to 10-lane arterial in Taipei connecting the Songshan District and Datong District of Taipei City. Minsheng Road is divided into east and west sections, with five smaller sections in the east section and only one is the west section...
  
   (8th Blvd)
• Minquan Road (9th Blvd)
• Minzu Road (10th Blvd)
• Beian Road/Xinsheng Expressway
• Jiantan Road (Jiantan MRT Station)
• Zhongzheng Road
• Zhongcheng Road
• Dexing Road
• Tianmu Road