G30_Lianyungang–Khorgas_Expressway

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway

Expressway in China that connects Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province and Khorgas port, Xinjiang

The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway (Chinese: 连云港－霍尔果斯高速公路), designated as G30 and 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 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 coast to the Kazakhstan border in the west. It passes through the provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Xinjiang.

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The entire G30 route is part of AH9, beside this one, the east route from Lianyungang to Xi'an is named AH34 in Asian Highway Network, as well as the west route from Xi'an to Khorgas is a part of AH5, and from Urumqi to Toksun is part of AH4.

Part of the Expressway passes through the historically significant Hexi Corridor in Gansu and Xinjiang.

  • China Expwy G30 sign with no name
  • China Expwy G30 sign with name
  • China Expwy G30 sign with name in Uyghur language

Route

The expressway passes through the following cities:

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] 13 people died in the accident and 9 were injured.[3]

Exit list

G30 near Huiji exit in Zhengzhou, Henan
Jammed G30 in Gansu
G30 in Xinjiang
The Guozigou Bridge, pictured here under construction, forms part of the expressway in Xinjiang


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  1. [1]
    China Highway Information Service[permanent dead link]. (in Chinese)
  2. [2]
    "Fireworks explosion kills 26 in China".
  3. [3]
    连霍高速义昌大桥事故调查报告公布 (in Chinese)
  4. [4]
    "甘肃省高速公路收费站将新增7个撤销4个" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-06-08.

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