Yan'an Elevated Road () is an
elevated expressway in the city of
Shanghai,
China
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. It runs along
Yan'an Road in its entirety, continuing from the east terminus of
G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway
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at Huqingping Interchange (close to
Hongqiao International Airport) to just beyond the old building of
Shanghai Natural History Museum, at which point it ends and rejoins Yan'an Road on the surface. Traffic is then partly directed underground to the
Bund Tunnel
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(completed 2010). Motorists continuing east can cross the
Huangpu River
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using the
East Yan'an Road Tunnel
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to
Pudong.
The maximum speed on the expressway is 80 km/h.
Construction on the first portion of the elevated roadway, from the
Inner Ring Road to
Hongqiao Airport, began on 28 November 1995 and was completed on 2 December 1996.
The expressway originally stretched down the whole length of Yan'an Road, ending with a left-turning ramp onto the surface road of the Bund. In 2008, to improve cityscape in the historic area near the Bund, the easternmost section of the expressway was demolished.
Part of the elevated expressway is decorated by blue neon lights, which were featured in James Bond movie
Skyfall.
Exit list
* Yan'an E Road Tunnel (
Westbound entrance and
Eastbound exit)
* Henan S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
* Xizang M/S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
*
North-South Elevated Road
* Shimen 1st Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Maoming N/S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
* Huashan Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Jiangsu Rd
* Kaixuan Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
*
Inner Ring Road South (No EB Entrance)
* Inner Ring Elevated Road North
* Hongqiao Rd, Gubei Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Hongxu Rd, TO
Middle Ring Road
*
S20 Outer Ring Expressway,
Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1
* Continues as
G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway
References
{{Highway System of Shanghai
Road transport in Shanghai