The G30
18 Jinghe–Alashankou Expressway (), commonly referred to as the Jing'a Expressway (), is an expressway under construction between
Jinghe County and
Alashankou in
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture in the northern Xinjiang, China. Its capital is Bole, also known as Bortala. It has a population of 475,483 inhabiting an area of . Despite being designated an autonomous area fo ...
,
Xinjiang
Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...
,
China
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. It will serve as a connection between
Alashankou, the site of the
Alataw Pass, which serves as a major border crossing between China and
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
, and the
at
Jinghe.
[China publishes 17-year expressway plan: 9 new highways and 5 new expressways within Xinjiang.](_blank)
23 July 2013. The expressway will be in length. It will connect to the future
G3019 Bole–Alashankou Expressway at about the halfway point, near the Bole railway station on the
Northern Xinjiang railway. It is expected to open at the end of 2018.
References
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Chinese national-level expressways
Expressways in Xinjiang