The G1112 Ji'an–Shuangliao Expressway (), commonly referred to as the Jishuang Expressway (), is an expressway that connects the cities of

Shuangliao Shuangliao () is a city in western Jilin, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning and Inner Mongolia. It is under the administration of Siping City and was previously the ''de jure'' capital of the defunct Liaobei Province. Administrative ...

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea ( Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

, China, and

Ji'an Ji'an () is a prefecture-level city situated in the central region of Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China while bordering Hunan province to the west. It has an area of and as of the 2020 census, had a population of 4,469,176, of ...

, Jilin. The Jishuang Expressway passes through Shuangliao, Siping,

Liaoyuan Liaoyuan () is a prefecture-level city in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is bounded on the west and south by Tieling of Liaoning province, west and north by Siping, and east by Tonghua and Jilin City. Liaoyuan lies some south of C ...

, and

Tonghua Tonghua () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It borders North Korea's Chagang Province to the south and southeast, Baishan to the east, Jilin City to the north, Liaoyuan to the northwest, and ...

, before finally ending in Ji'an. The expressway's southeastern terminus, the

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of in Ji'an, is connected to the

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

n city of Manpo through the Ji'an Yalu River Border Road Bridge (), which crosses the

Yalu River The Yalu River, known by Koreans as the Amrok River or Amnok River, is a river on the border between North Korea and China. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between ...

. This bridge, the subject of international attention, was completed in 2016, but was only opened to traffic on April 8, 2019. North Korea has plans to extend the

Pyongyang Pyongyang (, , ) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is known as the "Capital of the Revolution". Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. According to the 2008 populat ...

- Huichon Expressway to the border at Manpo. The expressway is a spur of

G11 Hegang–Dalian Expressway The Hegang–Dalian Expressway (), designated as G11 and commonly referred to as the Heda Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Hegang, Heilongjiang, China, and Dalian, Liaoning. When fully complete, it will be in length. Th ...

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History

In November, 2015, the section of the expressway connecting the center of

Meihekou Meihekou () is a city of 600,000 in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment po ...

, a county-level city in the northwestern corner of Tonghua's administrative boundaries, was opened to traffic. On September 28, 2019, the section of the expressway connecting the southeastern terminus of

to Tonghua, known as the Jitong Expressway (), was completed. On September 28, 2020, the section of the expressway linking the northwestern terminus of

to Dongfeng County in

was completed.

Detailed Itinerary

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