”If you want to be rich, you must first build the roads” How important is the road to economic development? Today, let’s look at some of the most important highways which are planed by our country in recent years in company with the editor! Is there any city you have passed by?

Macheng- Zhuxi High-way

Macheng- Zhuxi High-way is an east-west provincial channel which crosses the north-central area of Hubei Province. It is planed to start from Changling Pass of Macheng which is located in the junction of Hubei and Anhui at east to Zhuxi Guanyazi Strip which is the junction of Hubei and Shanxi. It has an overall length of about 665 km and is the first horizontal road of “651” skeleton road network. It is expected to open to traffic by the end of 2017.

Chu Huai High-way

Chu Huai High-way is one part of the “four horizontal roads” in the “eight horizontal roads and four lengthways" highway network which is planed by Anhui Province. Its starting point is located in Huangni Hillock, Nanqiao District in Chuzhou. The ending point is located in Luotang. The total length is about 125.059 km. It is expected to open to traffic in 2017.

Changchun- Shenzhen High-way

Changchun- Shenzhen High-way is a highway which connects Changchun of Jilin Province and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province. Its total length is 3,585 kilometers. The road has started to be constructed at the end of June 2006 and adopts the standard of two-way four-lanes.

Jing Qin High-way

Jing Qin High-way is a highway which starts from Beijing to Qinhuangdao, Shenyang and the Northeast China. It has the total length of 264 kilometers. The construction of the whole line of Jing- Qin Highway was started on November 7th, 2016 and it is expected to be open to traffic by 2020.

Xing Yan High-way

Xing Yan High-way connects the urban areas of Beijing and Yanqing County. It forms the second expressway of Beijing to Yanqing. Its total length is 42 kilometers. The distance between Beijing and Yanqing has been greatly shortened. Xing Yan High-way has started to be constructed in June, 2015 and it is expected to be put into use in 2018.

Jin Hong High-way

Jin Hong High-way starts from the southwest section of the belt freeway of Kunming and connects the completed Yuyuan Expressway. It reaches the ending point along Yuyuan Expressway, which is about 51 kilometers long. The direction of the highway is from north to south, with two-way six lanes. It has been opened to traffic for testing in November, 2017.

Shantou- Kunming High-way

Shantou- Kunming High-way is a highway which connects Shantou and Kunming, with a total length of 1710 km and two-way 4/6/8 lanes. The highway is divided into Duangdong section, Guangxi section, Guizhou section and Yunnan section. At present, some sections has been opened to traffic and the whole line is scheduled to open to traffic by the end of 2018.

References: 360 encyclopedia, Baidu encyclopedia, China Quality News Network