The G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway (, ug, تۇرپان-خوتەن يۇقىرى سۈرئەتلىك تاشيولى), commonly referred to as the Tuhe Expressway (), is a Chinese expressway that connects the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway at Xiaocaohu, in

Toksun County Toksun County is a county in Turpan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Name The term 'Toksun' means 'ninety'. History The Battle of Toksun took place in this county in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uighur leader, d ...

, Turpan, with

China National Highway 315 Constructed in 1954, the Qinghai-Xinjiang Highway, also known as the China National Highway 315 (G315) runs west from Xining, Qinghai towards Kashgar, Xinjiang. It is in length. In 1994 the departments of communication and transportation in Qingh ...

in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture. The expressway is a spur of the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway and is completely in Xinjiang. It is in length, which is unusually long for an expressway under a single sub-national administration, being vastly longer than

Interstate 10 in Texas Interstate 10 (I-10) is the major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. In the U.S. state of Texas, it runs east from Anthony, at the border with New Mexico, through El Paso, San Antonio, and Houston to the border w ...

. The expressway is fully complete from its northern terminus in

Toksun Toksun County is a county in Turpan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. Name The term 'Toksun' means 'ninety'. History The Battle of Toksun took place in this county in July 1933 when Khoja Niyas Hajji, a Uighur leader, def ...

to Yecheng and from Karakax County to its southern terminus in Lop County,

Hotan Hotan (also known as Gosthana, Gaustana, Godana, Godaniya, Khotan, Hetian, Hotien) is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang, an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become ...

. Only a section from Kargilik to Karakax County remains to be built. Eventually, the southern terminus will connect with the western end of the

G0612 Xining–Hotan Expressway The G0612 Xining–Hotan Expressway () is a partially completed expressway in that connects Xining, the capital of Qinghai, with Hotan, Xinjiang. The section near Xining forms a southern beltway around the city. Between Xining and Hotan, it will ...

, which is currently in planning.新疆将增加一条出疆高速公路全长300公里 (Xinjiang to add another expressway to the border, total length 300 kilometres).

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