The Turpan–Ürümqi–Dahuangshan Expressway (), commonly referred to as the Tuwuda Expressway (), is an expressway in the

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autonomous region of

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linking

Turpan Turpan () or Turfan ( zh, s=吐鲁番) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an area of and a population of 693,988 (2020). The historical center of the ...

Ürümqi Ürümqi, , is the capital of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the ...

, and Dahuangshan, a mountain peak in

Fukang Fukang is a county-level city in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Its area is and its population in 2007 was reported as approximately 1.5 million. Fukang is located in Northern Xinjiang in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, north of � ...

. Construction began on March 21, 1995, and the expressway opened on August 20, 1998. The project was built with the support of a $150 million

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loan. Currently, the section from Turpan to Xiaocaohu, at the interchange with

G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway The G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway (, ), commonly referred to as the Tuhe Expressway (), is a Chinese expressway that connects the G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway at Xiaocaohu, in Toksun County, Turpan, with China National Highway 315 in Lop ...

in Toksun, is not built to expressway standards, with grade-separated junctions. However, an expansion project is underway to upgrade this section of expressway to expressway standards, as well as expand the remainder of the expressway from 4 to 8 lanes.吐乌大、乌奎高速公路将改扩建 (Tuwuda, Wukui Expressways to undergo expansion).

Description

G30 section

The expressway begins in the city of

as a continuation of the

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway (), designated as G30 and commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway (), is

( Xingxingxia–Turpan Expressway section), and travels west to Toksun, where it meets the

( Xiaocaohu–Hoxud Expressway section), which is concurrent with China National Highway 314, at the Xiaocaohu Interchange. From there, it continues northwest to

, where it meets the G3003 Ürümqi Ring Expressway at the Wulabo interchange south of the city core. This section of the expressway is signed as part of the

G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway The Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway (), designated as G30 and commonly referred to as the Lianhuo Expressway (), is

as well as the new alignment of

China National Highway 312 China National Highway 312 (312国道), also referred to as Route 312, is a key east-west route beginning in Shanghai and ending at Khorgas, Xinjiang in the Ili River valley, on the border with Kazakhstan. In total it spans , passing through Ji ...

G216 section and future G7 section

Past the Wulabo interchange, the expressway passes through the city centre of

before meeting the Xinjiang S114 portion of the Ürümqi–Kuytun Expressway at the Shangshahe interchange. It continues north and east to Dahuangshan, terminating at the Wucaiwan–Dahuangshan Expressway in Dahuangshan, a town in

city. This portion of the expressway is designated China National Highway 216, and will be designated part of the

G7 Beijing–Ürümqi Expressway The Beijing–Ürümqi Expressway (), designated as G7 and commonly referred to as the Jingxin Expressway () is an expressway that connects the cities of Beijing, People's Republic of China, China, and Ürümqi, Xinjiang. It opened in July 2017 me ...

when the latter expressway is fully constructed (this designation is currently unsigned). Further east past Dahuangshan, the expressway becomes the Dahuangshan–Qitai Expressway, carrying the designation of China National Highway 335.

References

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