| Beijing–Taipei Expressway | ||||
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| Jingtai Expressway 京台高速公路 |
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The current Beijing–Taipei Expressway highlighted in red. The green, unconstructed section across the Taiwan Strait is under planning and controversial. |
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| Length: | 2,030 km[1] (1,260 mi) Length when complete (hypothetical). |
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| Major junctions | ||||
| North end: | Fenzhongsi Bridge, 3rd Ring Road, Beijing | |||
| South end: | Taipei, Taiwan (hypothetical) Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China (current) |
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The Beijing–Taipei Expressway (Chinese: 京台高速公路; pinyin: Jīngtái Gāosù Gōnglù) is a partially completed expressway that, if completed, would connect Mainland China with the city of Taipei, Taiwan. Currently, the expressway is complete from Beijing to Fuzhou, Fujian, except for a small section in Fujian which is under construction.
The project has been the source of some controversy because of Taiwan's political status. The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, but does not currently administer it, so therefore does not have any control of its highways. Aside from politics, the other challenge is the engineering difficulties in constructing the link through the Taiwan Strait. A bridge seems less likely than an undersea tunnel, which would have to exceed 100 kilometers in length. This is further complicated given the climatic and weather conditions across the straits.
In Mainland China, it it connects the cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Jinan, Tai'an, Hefei, and Fuzhou.
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