NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Jinghu Expressway

Over 1000 kilometres in length, the Jinghu Expressway was opened in the early 2000s, and connects Beijing to Shanghai. It leaves Beijing on the same route as the Jingjintang Expressway, but splits into its own expressway after Tianjin.

The nomencleature of the expressway is a combination of the two cities' (Beijing and Shanghai) names as one-character Chinese abbreviations. Jing stands for Beijing, while Hu stands for Shanghai.

The trip from Beijing to Shanghai would take nearly ten hours to complete.

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Roads and Expressways of Beijing
(Beijing Road Network)

Main Roads:	Chang'an Avenue (East, West) \| Ping'an Avenue \| Zhongzhou Road (North, South)
Ring Roads:	Opened: 2nd Ring Road \| 3rd Ring Road \| 4th Ring Road \| 5th Ring Road \| 6th Ring Road Partially under construction: 6th Ring Road Projected: 7th Ring Road
Expressways:	Opened: Badaling Expressway (Jingda Expressway) \| Jingcheng Expressway \| Airport Expressway \| Jingtong Expressway \| Jingha Expressway \| Jingshen Expressway \| Jingjintang Expressway (Jinghu Expressway) \| Jingkai Expressway \| Jingshi Expressway (Jingzhu Expressway) Partially under construction: Jingcheng Expressway \| Jingkai Expressway \| Northern Airport Line \| Jingping Expressway \| Jingbao Expressway \| Litian Expressway Projected: 2nd Airport Expressway \| Jingjin Expressway (North, South) 7 National Expressways: Jingtai Expressway (projected) \| Jinghu Expressway \| Jinggang'ao Expressway (partially complete) \| Jingkun Expressway \| Jingla Expressway (projected) \| Jingwu Expressway (projected) \| Jingha Expressway (alternate route)
China National Highways:	G101 \| G102 \| G103 \| G104 \| G105 \| G106 \| G107 \| G108 \| G109 \| G110 \| G111

Related: Transportation of Beijing
Part of the WikiProject Transportation in China

Categories: People's Republic of China roads and expressways

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