Lüshun South Road () is one of the three highways connecting the Naval Port in

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of Dalian, Liaoning, China, with the city's downtown core. It is the last part of

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, which runs from

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to Lüshun via

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and Dandong, and is about 32 kilometers long.

General

During the time when the southern half of the present-day administrative region of Dalian was Japan's leased territory, three strategic highways were developed between Lushun and downtown Dalian: * Lushun North Road :From Lushun to the north, via

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, then heading east, parallel to the

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coast, via Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport to downtown Dalian * Lushun Middle Road :From Lushun to the northeast, through the mountains, via Huanghe Road to downtown Dalian * Lushun South Road :From Lushun, via Baiyin Mountain Tunnel, along the

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coast, to downtown Dalian Lushun South Road is the most beautiful highway of the three, and passes through the livelier area of the city. It is about 32 kilometers long, and is the past part of

Tunnels

On Lushun South Road, there are two tunnels. The tunnels to the direction of Lushun were completed during the Japanese period as one lane roads, while the tunnels to the direction of Dalian were made in the 21st century as two lane roads. * Huangnichuan Tunnel (1,330 meters, in the direction of Dalian) * Baiyin Mountain Tunnel (390 meters, in the direction of Dalian)

Along the road from Dalian to Lushun

* Heishiqiao *

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and Xueyuan Square (turning to left here will come to

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) * Dalian Maritime University *

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* Hekou Village and Xiaopingdao * Dalian Software Park Phase 2 (Ascendas IT Park,

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International Park and Dalian Tiandi Software Park) * Huangnichuan Village * Huangnichuan Dam and Huangnichuan Tunnel * Longwangtang Subdistrict (turning to left here will come to Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park, famous for its cherry trees that come into full bloom in late April) * Guojia Village, Tahewan Beach and Blue Bay Resort (turning right here and going on Guoshui Highway, will come to

) *

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and

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* Baiyin Mountain Tunnel * Downtown Lushun and Baiyu Hill The Modern Photo Album: File:Dongbei_University_of_Finance_&_Economy.jpg,

File:Lushun_South_Road_-_Xueyuan_Square.jpg, Academic Square (学苑广场) File:Dalian_Maritime_Univ-Old_Gate.jpg, Dalian Maritime University's Old Gate File:Dalian-AscendasNew.jpg, Ascendas IT Park of

File:Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park.JPG, Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park File:Dalian_Univ_of_Foreign_Languages-Lushun 1.jpg,

' Lushun Campus File:Dalian_Medical_Univ_1.jpg,

, Lushun

Eight Picturesque Points

From the time of the leased territory, the " Eight Picturesque Points of Lushun and Dalian" (in Chinese and Japanese: 旅大八景) along Lushun South Road have been known.The 100th Anniversary Issue of the Lushun Middle School Records (2008) * Star Beach (Star and Sea Park, now) * Heishijiao * Lingshui Temple (near Dalian Maritime University, now) * Xiaopingdao * Caidaling * Longwangtang (near Longwangtang Cherry Blossom Park) * Pebble Beach (Tahewan & Lanwan, now) * Baiyin Mountain

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