Liaozhong Ring Expressway is an orbital

Ring road

A ring road, orbital motorway, beltway, circumferential highway, or loop highway is a road that encircles a town or city...

 expressway encircling Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

 and central Liaoning

Liaoning

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

 in the China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. When complete, it will be 399 km (247.9 mi) in length. The expressway is named after Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...

, under the administration of Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

.

Route

Starting from Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...

, the ring expressway encircles around the various counties and cities that surround the city center of Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

. The expressway does not actually reach into the city center of Shenyang

Shenyang

Shenyang , or Mukden , is the capital and largest city of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Currently holding sub-provincial administrative status, the city was once known as Shengjing or Fengtianfu...

 itself. Clockwise from Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...

, these are:

• Liaozhong County
  Liaozhong County
  Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...
  
  
• Xinmin
• Tieling
  Tieling
  Tieling is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.The population is 3 million at the 2nd of 2004. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.The mayor of Tieling is Li Wenke...
  
  
• Fushun
  Fushun
  Fushun is a city in Liaoning, China, about 45 km east from Shenyang, with a population about 2,138 090 inhabitants at the 2010 census and an area of 11,271 km2, including 713 km2 of the city proper. Fushun is situated on the Hun He . It was formerly called Fouchouen in French...
  
  
• Benxi
  Benxi
  Benxi is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province in Northeast China, south-southeast of Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 959,610 in the built up area It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915...
  
  
• Anshan
• Back to Liaozhong County
  Liaozhong County
  Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...
  
  

Currently, the northwest, west, and southwest portions of the ring expressway are complete, from Xinmin to Benxi

Benxi

Benxi is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province in Northeast China, south-southeast of Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 959,610 in the built up area It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915...

 via Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County

Liaozhong County is a county in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. The name of the county literally means "Central Liao[ning]", referring to its central location within the province...

 and Anshan. The rest of the expressway, from Xinmin, Liaoning through Tieling

Tieling

Tieling is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.The population is 3 million at the 2nd of 2004. Tieling is a city where coal mining is an important industry.The mayor of Tieling is Li Wenke...

 and Fushun

Fushun

Fushun is a city in Liaoning, China, about 45 km east from Shenyang, with a population about 2,138 090 inhabitants at the 2010 census and an area of 11,271 km2, including 713 km2 of the city proper. Fushun is situated on the Hun He . It was formerly called Fouchouen in French...

 to Benxi

Benxi

Benxi is a prefecture-level city located in the east of Liaoning province in Northeast China, south-southeast of Shenyang. Its population is 1,709,538 at the 2010 census whom 959,610 in the built up area It was founded as a metallurgical center in 1915...

is under construction.