Xinyi Road
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Xinyi Road is an eastbound one-way arterial forming a one-way couplet with the nearby 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), connecting the Zhongzheng District with the Xinyi District 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...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

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Xinyi Road is known for the location of the original Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung is an award-winning restaurant originating in Taiwan, specialising in xiaolongbao . Outside its native Taiwan, Din Tai Fung also has its restaurant chains in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United States, Canada, and...

 dim-sum restaurant, which is famous for its Taiwanese dumplings, and as the location of the world's tallest building, Taipei 101
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 , formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper located in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. The building ranked officially as the world's tallest from 2004 until the opening of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in 2010...

. In recent years, landscaped medians separating traffic have been added, along with a contra-flow bus rapid transit lane.

Its western terminus is at the traffic circle/intersection of Zhongshan Road
Zhongshan Road
Zhongshan, Jhongshan or Chung Shan is a common name of Chinese roads, usually in honour of Sun Yat-sen, better-known in Chinese as "Sun Zhongshan", who is considered by many to be the "Father of modern China"....

, 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:...

, and 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...

. Near the eastern termius, there is a new interchange with the new Xinyi Expressway, a new highway connecting Xinyi Road in the Xinyi district to the National Freeway No. 3 in the Muzha District
Muzha District
Muzha was a district in Taipei City. The historical spelling of the area is Mucha. In 1990, it merged with Jingmei to form the Wenshan District....

. Currently, Xinyi Road is being reconstructed for Taipei Metro's new Xinyi Line, which travels underground from the southern terminus of the Tamsui Line to the future eastern terminus of the Neihu Line
Neihu Line (TRTS)
The Taipei Metro Neihu Line is a medium-capacity rapid transit system and runs on an elevated corridor except near Songshan Airport and Dazhi. The line's service length is and it is joined to the Wenshan Line at Zhongshan Junior High School Station, providing direct service through Neihu, Nangang,...

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