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The expressway network of China, with the national-level expressway system officially known as the National Trunk Highway System ( Chinese: 中国国家干线公路系统; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Gànxiàn Gōnglù Xìtǒng; abbreviated as NTHS ), is an integrated system of national and provincial-level expressways in China. [1] [2]
The Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway ( Chinese: 上海—重庆高速公路 ), designated as G50 and commonly referred to as the Huyu Expressway ( Chinese: 沪渝高速公路) is an east-west bound expressway that connects the cities of Shanghai, China in Yangtze River Delta, and Chongqing in western China. The expressway runs through six ...
The China National Highways ( CNH / Guodao) ( simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国国道; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國國道; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guódào) is a network of trunk roads across mainland China. Apart from the expressways of China that are planned and constructed later, most of the CNH are not ...
The Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway ( Chinese: 北京－港澳高速公路 ), designated as G4 and commonly referred to as the Jinggang'ao Expressway ( Chinese: 京港澳高速公路) is a 2,272.65 km (1,412.16 mi)-long expressway [1] that connects the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, at the border of Hong ...
This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic. Unless otherwise noted, the data is from the United ...
As of 2017, there were 5,980,000 km (3,720,000 mi) of highways and 131,000 km (81,000 mi) of expressways in China; both total lengths are the longest in the world. In Mainland China, private companies reimbursed through tolls are the primary means of creating and financing the National Trunk Highway System (NTHS).
The expressway is a modern, enclosed, four-lane, two-way highway. Each lane is 3.75 metres (12.3 ft) wide, and the highway's roadbed is 26 metres (85 ft) wide. There is a 3-metre (9.8 ft) dividing strip in the center of the highway and a 2.5-metre (8 ft 2 in) emergency parking area on each side of the highway.
The death toll from a collapsed highway in southeastern China climbed to 48 on Thursday as searchers dug for a second day through a treacherous and mountainous area. One side of the four-lane ...