G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway
连云港－霍尔果斯高速公路
Lianhuo Expressway 连霍高速公路
Route information
Part of
Length:	4,243 km[1] (2,636 mi) Length when complete. Current length: 3,893.61 km (2,419.38 mi)
Major junctions
East end:	Dagang Road, Lianyun District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu
	G25 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu G15 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu G2 in Xinyi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu G2513 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu G3 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu G3 in Suzhou, Anhui G35 in Shangqiu, Henan G1511 in Kaifeng, Henan G45 in Kaifeng, Henan G4 in Zhengzhou, Henan G55 in Luoyang, Henan G36 in Luoyang, Henan G5 in Xi'an, Shaanxi G65 in Xi'an, Shaanxi G70 in Xi'an, Shaanxi G22 in Dingxi, Gansu G6 in Lanzhou, Gansu G3011 in Jiuquan, Gansu (unopened) G3012 in Turpan, Xinjiang G3014 / G3015 in Kuytun, Ili Kazakh, Xinjiang G3016 in Ili Kazakh, Xinjiang
West end:	G312 in Khorgas, Huocheng County, Ili Kazakh, Xinjiang
Location
Major cities:	Lianyungang, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Weinan, Xi'an, Baoji, Tianshui, Lanzhou, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Hami, Ürümqi
Highway system
Expressways National Highways Transport in China ← G2513 G3011 →

The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway (Chinese: 连云港－霍尔果斯高速公路), commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway (Chinese: 连霍高速公路), is 4,243-kilometre-long expressway (2,636 mi)^[1] in the People's Republic of China that connects the cities of Lianyungang, in the province of Jiangsu, and Khorgas, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, on the border with Kazakhstan. At Khorgas, there is a border crossing into Kazakhstan. The expressway is the longest contiguous expressway in China with a single numeric designation, stretching across the country from the Yellow Sea on the east cost to the Kazakhstan border in the west. It passes through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang.

The east route from Lianyungang to Xi'an is named in Asian Highway Network, as well as the west route from Xi'an to Khorgas is one part of , and from Urumqi to Toksun is part of .

Route

The Guozigoui Bridge, pictured here under construction, forms part of the expressway in Xinjiang

The expressway passes through the following cities:

• Lianyungang, Jiangsu
• Xuzhou, Jiangsu
• Kaifeng, Henan
• Zhengzhou, Henan
• Weinan, Shaanxi
• Xi'an, Shaanxi
• Baoji, Shaanxi
• Tianshui, Gansu
• Lanzhou, Gansu
• Wuwei, Gansu
• Zhangye, Gansu
• Jiuquan, Gansu
• Hami, Xinjiang
• Ürümqi, Xinjiang

Accidents

On February 1, 2013, a truck carrying fireworks exploded on the Yichang Bridge, which carries the Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway, in Mianchi County, Sanmenxia, Henan, causing an 80 m section of bridge to collapse.^[2] Thirteen people died in the accident and nine were injured.^[3]

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. China Highway Information Service. (Chinese)
2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9841381/Fireworks-explosion-kills-26-in-China.html
3. 连霍高速义昌大桥事故调查报告公布 (Chinese)