Jingzhu Expressway
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The Jingzhu Expressway is the first completed north-south expressway
Expressways of China
The Expressway Network of the People's Republic of China is one of the longest in the world. The network is also known as National Trunk Highway System . The total length of China's expressways was at the end of 2010, the world's second longest only after the United States and slightly longer...

 in the People's Republic of China
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, starting from Beijing
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 and ending in Zhuhai
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, on the border with the Macau
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 SAR.

The Jingzhu Expressway is formed mainly by the main trunk route from Beijing to Shijiazhuang (Jingshi Expressway
Jingshi Expressway
The Jingshi Expressway is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. It is c. 270 km in length. Its road numbering is G030...

), and by other expressways in its track. Upon its completion in October 2004, it was the PRC's first north-south expressway route.

Specific Information

  • For the beginning section in Beijing
    Beijing
    Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

     through to Shijiazhuang
    Shijiazhuang
    Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing...

    , see Jingshi Expressway
    Jingshi Expressway
    The Jingshi Expressway is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. It is c. 270 km in length. Its road numbering is G030...

    .
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