Yan'an Elevated Road () is an
elevated expressway in the city of
Shanghai
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,
China
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. It runs along
Yan'an Road in its entirety, continuing from the east terminus of
G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway at Huqingping Interchange (close to
Hongqiao International Airport) to just beyond the old building of
Shanghai Natural History Museum, at which point it ends and rejoins Yan'an Road on the surface. Traffic is then partly directed underground to the
Bund Tunnel (completed 2010). Motorists continuing east can cross the
Huangpu River
The Huangpu (), formerly romanized as Whangpoo, is a river flowing north through Shanghai. The Bund and Lujiazui are located along the Huangpu River.
The Huangpu is the biggest river in central Shanghai, with the Suzhou Creek being its ...
using the
East Yan'an Road Tunnel to
Pudong
Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (g ...
, but indirectly.
The maximum speed on the expressway is 80 km/h.
Construction on the first portion of the elevated roadway, from the
Inner Ring Road to
Hongqiao Airport, began on 28 November 1995 and was completed on 2 December 1996.
The expressway originally stretched down the whole length of Yan'an Road, ending with a left-turning ramp onto the surface road of the Bund. In 2008, to improve cityscape in the historic area near the Bund, the easternmost section of the expressway was demolished.
Part of the elevated expressway is decorated by blue neon lights, which were featured in James Bond movie
Skyfall
''Skyfall'' is a 2012 spy thriller film and the twenty-third in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, ...
.
Exit list
* Yan'an E Road Tunnel (
West
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Etymology
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bound entrance and
East
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Etymology
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bound exit)
* Henan S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
* Xizang M/S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
*
North-South Elevated Road
* Shimen 1st Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Maoming N/S Rd (WB entrance and EB exit)
* Huashan Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Jiangsu Rd
* Kaixuan Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
*
Inner Ring Road South (No EB Entrance)
* Inner Ring Elevated Road North
* Hongqiao Rd, Gubei Rd (WB exit and EB entrance)
* Hongxu Rd, TO
Middle Ring Road
*
S20 Outer Ring Expressway,
Hongqiao Airport Terminal 1
* Continues as
G50 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway
References
{{Highway System of Shanghai
Road transport in Shanghai