A disused logging road tunnel deep in the mountains of Tai’an, located around the 40 kilometer mark of Xishishan Forest Road (西勢山林道), formerly Forest Road 230 of the Daxueshan (大雪山) logging area. No record of its construction has surfaced; it is absent from maps published in 1966 but appears by 1985, so it was most likely bored in the 1970s as the road was extended toward the upper Da’an River (大安溪) watershed. Washouts have long since severed the road, and the tunnel can now only be reached on foot over several days.
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- Status:Idle (閒置)
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Links
- Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency, Taichung Branch (農業部林業及自然保育署臺中分署)
- Facebook: Ko-Style Wild Living (柯式野生活)
- Valley Hiking Club (山谷登山會)
Themes
- Forestry in Taiwan (台灣林業)
- Road Transportation in Taiwan (臺灣道路建設)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.