| Shenyang–Haikou Expressway | ||||
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| Shenhai Expressway 沈海高速公路 |
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The Hangzhou Bay Bridge carries 6 lanes of the Shenyang–Haikou Expressway. |
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| Length: | 3,710 km[1] (2,310 mi) Length when complete. |
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| North end: | G1501 Shenyang Ring Expressway, Shenyang, Liaoning | |||
| South end: | Haikou, Hainan (when complete) G75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway, Zhanjiang, Guangdong (current)[1] |
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The Shenyang–Haikou Expressway (Chinese: 沈阳—海口高速公路), commonly referred to as the Shenhai Expressway (Chinese: 沈海高速公路) is an expressway that connects the cities of Shenyang, Liaoning, China, and Haikou, Hainan. When fully complete, it will be 3,710 km (2,310 mi) in length.
The expressway is complete for the majority of its length except for two major water crossings that have yet to be built. From Dalian to Yantai, a tunnel across the Bohai Sea is required. The construction of a tunnel was announced in February 2011. Second, to achieve a fixed link from Mainland China to Hainan, which is an island, a bridge is required across the Qiongzhou Strait. Construction is planned to begin in 2012. Currently, the southern terminus is Zhanjiang, Guangdong, because the fixed link to Haikou, Hainan has not been built yet[1].
The expressway also features many other important crossings over bodies of water. It crosses the Yangtze River using the Sutong Bridge, the bridge with the longest main span in the world as of 2010, connecting Nantong and Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province. The expressway also uses the Hangzhou Bay Bridge between Shanghai and Ningbo, one of the longest trans-oceanic bridges in the world.
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The expressway passes through the following major cities:
| Number | Name | km | Connecting Expressways |
Connecting Roadways | Status | Notes | |
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| Jiangsu border | 0 | Open | |||||
| Zhuqiao Service Area | Open | ||||||
| Zhuqiao Toll Booth | Open | ||||||
| Zhuqiao | S321 Baoqian Highway | Open | |||||
| Jiaxi | China National Highway 204 Huyi Highway | Open | |||||
| G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway | Open | ||||||
| S322 Bao'an Highway | Open | ||||||
| China National Highway 312 Cao'an Highway | Open | ||||||
| G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway |
Open | ||||||
| S125 Beiqing Highway | Open | ||||||
| Songze Elevated Road | Open | ||||||
| G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway | Open | ||||||
| Jiuting | S124 Husong Highway | Open | |||||
| Sijing | Xinzhuan Highway | Open | |||||
| Xinqiao | G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway |
Open | |||||
| Chedun | S32 Shenjiahu Expressway | China National Highway 320 Cheting Highway Liuting Highway |
Open | ||||
| Yexie | S324 Yexin Highway | Open | |||||
| Tinglin | G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway | Open | |||||
| Jinshan Industrial Area | S209 Tingwei Highway Zhulü Highway |
Open | |||||
| Shanyang | S4 Hujin Expressway | S209 Tingwei Highway | Open | ||||
| Jinshan New City | South Songwei Road | Open | |||||
| Xinwei | S19 Xinwei Expressway | Open | |||||
| Hangpu Toll Booth | Open | ||||||
| Zhejiang border | Open |
The Shenyang–Haikou Expressway has a branch line, the G15W Changshu–Taizhou Expressway, between the cities of Changshu, Jiangsu, and Taizhou, Zhejiang. The branch line splits off from the main expressway after the Sutong Bridge and passes through the cities of Suzhou, Jiaxing, and Shaoxing before rejoining the main expressway just north of Taizhou. The spur line is complete except for a section between Jiaxing and Shaoxing.
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