The Dali–Lijiang Expressway (,
p ''Dàlǐ–Lìjiāng Gāosù Gōnglù''), commonly referred to as the (, ''Dàlǐ Gāosù Gōnglù'') and designated as the G56
11, is a
Chinese expressway in that province of
Yunnan
Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...
that connects the tourist city of
Lijiang
Lijiang ( zh, s= ), formerly romanized as Likiang, is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,253,878 at the 2020 census whom 288,787 lived in the built-up area (metro) ...
with the
Hangrui Expressway (G56) running between
Kunming
Kunming is the capital and largest city of the province of Yunnan in China. The political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province, Kunming is also the seat of the provincial government. During World War II, Kunming was a Ch ...
and the
Burmese border. It officially opened on 30 December 2013.
[Yunnan: Dali–Lijiang Expressway officially opens on the 30th.](_blank)
. 30 December 2013. The expressway features 435 bridges, totalling a length of , and 10 tunnels, totalling a length of , including the Huajiaoqing Tunnel, the longest tunnel in Yunnan.
The Dali Expressway does not connect to
Dali proper but to
Xiaguan ("New Dali"), the major industrial city within
Dali County. Dali is connected to both ends of the expressway via
China National Highway 214.
References
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Chinese national-level expressways
Expressways in Yunnan