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Yanwu Expressway
Road in Shaanxi, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Yanwu Expressway (Chinese: 延吴高速公路; pinyin: Yán wú gāosù gōnglù), also known as the Yan'an-Wuqi Expressway (Chinese: 延安吴起高速公路; pinyin: Yán'ān Wúqǐ gāosù gōnglù), or the Yan'an-Zhidan-Wuqi Expressway (Chinese: 延安至志丹至吴起高速公路; pinyin: Yán'ān zhì Zhìdān zhì Wúqǐ gāosù gōnglù), or Shaanxi Provincial Expressway S16 (Chinese: 陕高速S16; pinyin: Shǎn gāosù S shí liù) is an expressway in Yan'an, Shaanxi, China.[1] The route traverses the hills of the Loess Plateau in the Shaanbei region, beginning at an interchange with the G65 Baotou-Maoming Expressway in the town of Yanhewan in Ansai District, and travelling through Zhidan County to its terminus in Wuqi County.[1] The expressway's total length is 109.8 kilometres (68.2 mi).[1] Construction started in on December 14, 2008,[2] and on December 19, 2013, construction was completed,[1] and the expressway was opened to traffic.[1] Upon its completion, it became Shaanxi's longest provincial highway by mileage.[1]
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The highway has four lanes, a speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph), and a roadbed width of 24.5 metres (80 ft).[1] The expressway traverses a total of 202 bridges and 10 tunnels, accounting for 57.2% of the route's total length.[1] Initially, the route was planned to open by the end of 2011,[2] and cost 10.495 billion RMB.[2] Later, its completion date was pushed back to 2012,[3] and its projected total cost was raised to 10.785 billion RMB.[3]
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