The Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway ( zh, s=二连浩特—广州高速公路), designated as G55 and commonly referred to as the Erguang Expressway ( zh, s=二广高速公路) is an expressway that connects the cities of

Erenhot Erenhot ( ; zh, s=二连浩特, p=Èrliánhàotè, commonly shortened to Ereen or Erlian) is a county-level city under jurisdiction of the Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, China, located in the Gobi Desert along the Sino-Mongolian border, ac ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...

, and

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

. When fully complete, it will be in length.

Route

Inner Mongolia

, the northern terminus of the expressway, is a border town with

Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...

and has a border checkpoint. The expressway is under construction from

to Baiyinchagan town in Ulanqab, and complete from Baiyinchagan to the

Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...

border.

Shanxi

The entire portion of the expressway in

is complete.

Henan

The entire portion of the expressway in

Henan Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Lu ...

is complete.

Hubei

The entire portion of the expressway in

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

is complete except for of expressway to the

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

border. In 2000, a cache of

Warring States period The Warring States period in history of China, Chinese history (221 BC) comprises the final two and a half centuries of the Zhou dynasty (256 BC), which were characterized by frequent warfare, bureaucratic and military reforms, and ...

artifacts was discovered in eastern

Wulipu Wulipu () is a town in the northwest corner of Shayang County, Jingmen, Hubei Province, China. The name 'Wulipu' means 'a message relay station ( :zh:驿站) for post horses five ''Li'' away from the city'. History In early 1928, elements from t ...

's Zuozhong village during the construction of the Xiang(yang)– Jing(zhou) Highway ().

Hunan

The entire portion of the expressway in

is under construction. This section has been beset by delays and cost overruns.

Guangdong

The expressway is under construction from the

border to mountainous Huaiji County,

Zhaoqing Zhaoqing ( zh, c=肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanz ...

, and complete from Huaiji County to the southern terminus,

, capital of Guangdong province.

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