China to Complete National Highway Trunk System This Year
06 January 2008
People’s Daily. China will complete the construction of its National Highway Trunk System—comprising five north-south highway trunk roads and seven east-west trunk roads—this year. The country will also build eight inter-provincial roads this year, according to the Ministry of Communications.
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| China’s National Expressway Network Plan. Click to enlarge. Source: China Motorway |
The NHTS runs 35,000 kilometers in length, and was begun almost two decades ago. The NHTS covers all mega-cities with a population of more than 1 million, and 93% of the big cities with populations of more than 500,000.
China’s total expressway network has reached 53,000 kilometers, making it the second in length in the world behind the US. China plans eventually to build 34 expressways with a total length of 85,000 km, incorporating cities with a populations of more than 200,000 and major tourist destinations.
Very impressive. The ones I used around Beijing and in south China were very good.
Posted by: Harvey D | 06 January 2008 at 11:44 AM
more hiways to carry the repression squads...
Posted by: sulleny | 07 January 2008 at 11:35 PM