The Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway (), designated as G45 and commonly referred to as the Daguang Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of

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, and

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. When fully complete, it will be in length.

Route

Once complete the Daqing–Guangzhou Expressway will run from

. It passes through the following major cities; * Daqing, Heilongjiang * Songyuan,

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* Shuangliao, Jilin *

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, Inner Mongolia *

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* Bazhou, Hebei * Hengshui, Hebei * Puyang,

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, Henan *

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, Henan *

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, Hubei *

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, Jiangxi * Ganzhou, Jiangxi *

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History

G45 Dachengzi Toll Gate (20200822120526)

The first section of the expressway opened in the north of Beijing in 2002. Northeast of Beijing the 210 kilometre section to

was known as the ''Jingcheng expressway''( Chinese: 京承高速公路;

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...

: Jīngchéng Gāosù Gōnglù) and south, the section to

was known as the ''Jingkai Expressway'' (京开高速公路,

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

: Jīngkāi Gāosù Gōnglù). Expressway naming was standardised across China in 2009 and the entire length from Daqing to Guangzhou became the G45 expressway.

Detailed Route

The following is a list of towns, cities and major interchanges along the expressway .

References

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