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China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner,
Yichang-Wanzhou Railway (SEIA)
(Asian Development Bank, June 2003), p.6 For example, as of 2009, the 20-kilometer section north of
File:G209-Yema-He-Shengli-Qiao-bridge-5459.jpg, Victory Bridge (built 1970, on the Yema He River, south of Hongping Town, Shennongjia) glorifies the victory of the
Official website of Ministry of Transport of PRC
209 Transport in Guangxi Transport in Hunan Transport in Shanxi Transport in Hubei Transport in Henan Transport in Inner Mongolia {{PRChina-road-stub
China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Sonid Left Banner, Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for ...
to Beihai
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, Guangxi province. It is
3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot
Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the capital of Inner Mongolia in the north of the People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrative, economic and cultural center.''Th ...
towards Shanxi
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province, Henan
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province, Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...
province, Hunan
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province, and ends in Guangxi province.
Despite the "National Highway" designation, G209 is not of uniform quality throughout its length.See e.g. the characterization of the
China National Highway 318 and China National Highway 209 as "unstable and unsafe" inYichang-Wanzhou Railway (SEIA)
(Asian Development Bank, June 2003), p.6 For example, as of 2009, the 20-kilometer section north of
Badong
Badong County () is a county located in western Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Chongqing municipality to the west. It is the northernmost county-level division under the administration of Enshi Prefecture. The Yangtze River ...
is nothing but a very poor dirt road. Nonetheless, even that section is of importance for the national highway system: it is used e.g. by long-distance buses plying the route between Badong and points east. Many parts of the Muyu to Hongping section (in Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The pr ...
's Shennongjia Forestry District) are not much better. On the other hand, the section from the Shennongjia National Park entry to Muyu to Baishahe Village (in Nanyang Town, Xingshan County) is part of a recently upgraded Yichang
Yichang (), alternatively romanized as Ichang, is a prefecture-level city located in western Hubei province, China. It is the third largest city in the province after the capital, Wuhan and the prefecture-level city Xiangyang, by urban populat ...
- Shennongjia Highway.
Route and distance
Image gallery
Cultural Revolution
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File:Shennongjia-Hongping-zhen-Wenshui-cun-5379.jpg, Improvements in progress ... (Wenshui Village)
File:Shennongjia-G209-hairpin-turn-mirror-5464.jpg, Hairpin turns are equipped with mirrors on the well-maintained section south of Yazikou Junction (main access to Shennongjia National Nature Reserve)
See also
*China National Highways
The China National Highways (CNH/Guodao) () is a network of trunk roads across mainland China. Apart from the expressways of China that are planned and constructed later, most of the CNH are not controlled-access highways.
History
The bu ...
References
External links
Official website of Ministry of Transport of PRC
209 Transport in Guangxi Transport in Hunan Transport in Shanxi Transport in Hubei Transport in Henan Transport in Inner Mongolia {{PRChina-road-stub