G3016 Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway

Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway
清水河－伊宁高速公路 سۇرئەتلىك یولىچىڭسىخوزا-غوُلجا
Qingyi Expressway 清伊高速公路
Route of the G3016 Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway in Xinjiang.
Route information
Auxiliary route of G30
Length:	56.36 km[1] (35.02 mi)
Existed:	20 April 2009 – present
Major junctions
West end:	G30 in Qingshuihe, Huocheng County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang
East end:	G218 in Bayandai, Yining, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang
Highway system
Expressways National Highways Transport in China ← G3015 G35 →

The Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway (Chinese: 清水河—伊宁高速公路, Uyghur: چىڭسىخوزا-غوُلجا سۇرئەتلىك یولى‎), commonly referred to as the Qingyi Expressway (Chinese: 清伊高速公路), is a 56.36-kilometre-long-Chinese expressway (35.02 mi) in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, China. It connects the towns of Qingshuihe, in Huocheng County, and Bayandai, in Yining City (also known as Ghulja). It opened on 20 April 2009.^[1]

The expressway is an auxiliary line of the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway. It branches from the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway at Qingshuihe.

Route

The expressway begins at an interchange with the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway east of the town of Qingshuihe, in Huocheng County. It proceeds southward, crossing China National Highway 312 and paralleling much of China National Highway 218, which also connects Qingshuihe with Yining. The expressway runs beside China National Highway 218, before deviating eastward as it approaches Shuiding, the county seat of Huocheng County. It passes through the Huocheng Tunnel and then curves southward, joining China National Highway 218 again at the town of Huiyuan. The expressway returns to an easterly direction, paralleling China National Highway 218 for the rest of the route until its eastern terminus in Bayandai, in Yining City.

Future

An extension of the expressway further eastward to the town of Dunmazha, in Yining County, is currently under construction. This section will be known as the Yining–Dunmazha Expressway. It will be 67.40 kilometres (41.88 mi) in length and will begin at the 49+899.2 kilometre marker of the current Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway.^[2] It is unsure as to whether this section will be designated G3016.

Exit list

Location	km	Mile	Exit[3]	Name	Destinations	Notes
G3016 (Qingshuihe–Yining Expressway)
Huocheng County (Korgas), Ili Kazakh, Xinjiang			0	Qingshui Interchange	G30 – Jinghe County
			1	G312 – Lucaogou, Qingshuihe		Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
			16	G218 – Huocheng		Southbound exit and northbound entrance only
			19	Huocheng Interchange	X723 – Huocheng, Sarbulaq (Sa'erbulake)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only
			28A	Huiyuan Interchange	G218 – Huiyuan, XPCC 66th Regiment
	Huiyuan East Toll Booth
Yining (Ghulja), Ili Kazakh, Xinjiang			42	66th Regiment Interchange	G218 – XPCC 66th Regiment	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
				Yining–Dunmazha Expressway – Dunmazha
				Bayandai Interchange	G218 – Yining	Exit to eastbound G218 only; entrance from westbound G218 only
Closed/former       Concurrency terminus       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled       Route transition       Unopened

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