G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway
The Shenyang–Haikou Expressway (Chinese: 沈阳—海口高速公路), designated as G15 and commonly referred to as the Shenhai Expressway (Chinese: 沈海高速公路) is an expressway in China that connects the cities of Shenyang, Liaoning, and Haikou, Hainan. When fully complete, it will be 3,710 km (2,310 mi) in length. One of its oldest portions is the Shenyang–Dalian Expressway, or Shenda Expressway (simplified Chinese: 沈大高速公路; traditional Chinese: 瀋大高速公路; pinyin: Shěndà Gāosù Gōnglù) is a 400 km (250 mi) expressway that connects Shenyang and Dalian, the two largest cities of China's Liaoning province.
Shenyang–Haikou Expressway | ||||
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| 沈阳－海口高速公路 | ||||
| Shenhai Expressway 沈海高速公路 | ||||
The Hangzhou Bay Bridge carries 6 lanes of the Shenyang–Haikou Expressway. | ||||
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| Part of AH31 | ||||
| Length | 9,710 km (6,030 mi) Length when complete. | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | G1113 / G1501 in Shenyang, Liaoning | |||
| G16 in Anshan, Liaoning G11 in Dalian, Liaoning G18 in Yantai, Shandong G20 in Qingdao, Shandong G22 in Qingdao, Shandong G25 in Ganyu County, Lianyungang, Jiangsu G30 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu G25 in Guanyun County, Lianyungang, Jiangsu G40 in Nantong, Jiangsu G2 / G42 in Shanghai G50 in Shanghai G60 / G92 in Shanghai G3 / G70 in Fuzhou, Fujian G72 in Quanzhou, Fujian G76 in Zhangzhou, Fujian G78 in Shantou, Guangdong G25 in Shenzhen, Guangdong G4 in Dongguan, Guangdong G4 in Guangzhou, Guangdong G55 in Foshan, Guangdong G80 in Foshan, Guangdong G75 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong | ||||
| South end | Haikou, Hainan (when complete) G207 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong (current) | |||
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| Country | China | |||
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The expressway is complete for the majority of its length except for two major water crossings that have yet to be built. A fixed link across the Bohai Sea is required to join the first missing link from Dalian to Yantai. The construction of a tunnel was announced in February 2011. Second, a bridge has to be constructed across the Qiongzhou Strait from Mainland China to Hainan. Currently, the southern terminus is Xuwen County, in the city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, because the fixed link to Haikou, Hainan has not been built yet.
Once fully complete, the expressway features many other important crossings over bodies of water. The expressway crosses the Yangtze River using the Sutong Bridge, the bridge with the second longest cable-stayed span in the world as of 2012, connecting Nantong and Changshu, a satellite city of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province. The expressway also uses the Hangzhou Bay Bridge between Jiaxing and Ningbo, one of the longest trans-oceanic bridges in the world.