G45 Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway

Road in China

The Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway (大庆－广州高速公路), designated as G45 and commonly referred to as the Daguang Expressway (大广高速公路) is an expressway that connects the cities of Daqing, Heilongjiang, and Guangzhou, Guangdong in China. When fully complete, it will be 3,550 km (2,210 mi) in length.^{[citation needed]}

Route

Once complete the Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway will run from Daqing, Heilongjiang to Guangzhou, Guangdong. It passes through the following major cities;

• Daqing, Heilongjiang
• Songyuan, Jilin
• Shuangliao, Jilin
• Tongliao, Inner Mongolia
• Chifeng, Inner Mongolia
• Chengde, Hebei
• Beijing
• Bazhou, Hebei
• Hengshui, Hebei
• Puyang, Henan
• Kaifeng, Henan
• Zhoukou, Henan
• Huanggang, Hubei
• Huangshi, Hubei
• Xinyu, Jiangxi
• Ji'an, Jiangxi
• Ganzhou, Jiangxi
• Guangzhou, Guangdong

G45 route, shown in red

G45 Daguang Expressway in Hubei Province

History

Dachengzi toll gate in Miyun District, August 2020

Taishitun service area in Miyun District, August 2020

The expressway within the 5th Ring Road, March 2003

The first section of the expressway opened in the north of Beijing in 2002. Northeast of Beijing the 210 kilometre section to Chengde was known as the Jingcheng expressway(Chinese: 京承高速公路; pinyin: Jīngchéng Gāosù Gōnglù) and south, the section to Kaifeng was known as the Jingkai Expressway (京开高速公路, Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngkāi Gāosù Gōnglù). Expressway naming was standardised across China in 2009 and the entire length from Daqing to Guangzhou became the G45 expressway.

Detailed Route

The following is a list of towns, cities and major interchanges along the expressway as of 2012^[update].

References

1. G45 大广高速 (in Chinese) Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine