The Zhongzhou Avenue () is a long road in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou (; ), also spelt Zheng Zhou and alternatively romanized as Chengchow, is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China. Located in north-central Henan, it is one of the National ...

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. As a boundary between old

urban area and

Zhengdong New Area Zhengdong New Area () is a new area of Zhengzhou, Henan province, People's Republic of China. As of 2015, it covers an area of , and is expected to expand to . Zhengdong New Area was considered by foreign media to be a ghost city throughout it ...

, the road is extremely important to Zhengzhou urban traffic. Part of the road ( G30 Lianhuo Expressway–Zhengxin Highway section) is a limited access urban expressway and is among the busiest routes in Zhengzhou urban expressway system.

History

This road was completed in 1989 as G107 highway Zhengzhou section. When completed, the road was in the eastern suburban area of

. With the city development, especially after the establishment of the

in 2003, the eastern part of

has been growing rapidly and the road began to serve as an urban road as well. As a result, the road became very congested. To relieve traffic congestion, the Zhengzhou section of G107 highway was moved to the east in 2004. The former section was often referred to as "Old 107" and began to serve only as an urban road. In 2006, the former G107 highway Zhengzhou section was officially renamed as Zhongzhou Avenue. The road has undergone many widening and reformation work over its life. The elevation project of the northern and southern sections of the road was finished in 2014 and the interchanges with

Longhai Expressway The Longhai Expressway () is a long Elevated highway, elevated expressway in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. The construction of the expressway began in 2013 and was finished in 2015. The maximum speed on the expressway is 80 km/h. Route The expressw ...

and Nongye Expressway were completed in 2016, making the road fully connected to other expressways in Zhengzhou's double rings and "井" shaped urban expressway plan.

Exit list

Zhongzhou Avenue and Nongye Expressway Interchange 02

Zhongzhou Avenue and Longhai Expressway interchange

Zhongzhou Avenue near Changjiang Road exit

From north to south:

References

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