G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway

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The Beijing–Lhasa Expressway (simplified Chinese: 北京-拉萨高速公路; traditional Chinese: 北京-拉薩高速公路; pinyin: Běijīng-Lāsà gāosù gōnglù), commonly abbreviated to Jingzang Expressway (Chinese: 京藏高速), is part of the Chinese national expressway network and is planned to connect the nation's capital, Beijing, to the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa.

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Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
北京-拉萨高速公路
Jingzang Expressway
京藏高速
The Beijing–Lhasa Expressway, including planned/under construction sections, is highlighted in red.
Badaling Expressway Juyongguan Great Wall.jpg
G6 and the Juyong Pass
Route information
Part of AH3 AH42
Length3,710 km[1] (2,310 mi)
Length when complete.
Major junctions
East end3rd Ring Road at Madian Bridge, Xicheng, BJ
Major intersections
West endXiongka IC at Doilungdêqên District, Lhasa, XZ
Location
CountryChina
Highway system
G0513 G0601

It passes through seven of China's administrative regions, including the Beijing municipality, the province of Hebei, the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai, and finally the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Passage

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G6 Expressway at the interchange with the Fifth Ring Road in northern Beijing.

Beginning from Beijing and driving southwest to Lhasa, The expressway runs approximately 3,710 kilometres (2,310 miles) through Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai, for a total of seven provincial-level divisions.[clarification needed] Excluding the two terminal points, it passes through the major cities of Zhangjiakou, Jining District, Hohhot, Bayannur, Wuhai, Yinchuan, Wuzhong, Baiyin, Lanzhou, Xining and Golmud.[clarification needed]

As of August 2010, just over fifty percent of the expressway is open to traffic, which mainly comprises the stretch between Beijing and Xining. Like China National Highway 109 and the Qingzang railway, it is expected to pass west through Golmud before heading southwest into Tibet and Lhasa. Because of climatic conditions, this stretch of the expressway does not yet have a construction timetable.[2]

As of 2019 the expressway is completed between Beijing and Golmud, and the section between Nagqu and Lhasa has completed in August 2021. The mountainous section between Golmud and Nagqu is not yet shown on maps, and reserved for future plans.

The G6 merges with the G7 in Huhhot and does not split until Linhe (now Baynnur).

Ningxia

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The expressway is of particular importance in Ningxia, where 86.7% of the urban population lives in cities along the expressway, and over 90% of the provincial GDP is generated in these cities. In 2020, a 2x4 lane bypass around Ningxia's capital Yinchuan was opened, and another 212 kilometres (132 miles) in Ningxia will be widened to 2x3 lanes.[3]

Detailed itinerary

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  From Beijing  
Continues as Deshengmen Outer Street
  G110 Road
 
 
N 3rd Ring Road
  Concurrent with   G110 Road  
1 A   Beitucheng W Rd
  Jiandemen station
1 B   Minzuyuan W Rd
Olympic Sports Centre
2 A-B   N 4th Ring Road
Asian Games Village
Zhongguancun
3 A   Zhixin Road
Anxiang Road
3 B   Qinghua Road
Datun Road
  Beishatan station
Tsinghua University
4   Kehui Road
  Qinghe Toll Station
6 A-B     N S50 5th Ring Road
8     S216 Road
Xiaoying Road
10     S216 Road
Anningzhuang Road
Jiancaicheng Road
  Service Area
  Beijing Metropolitan Area  
12 A     S216 Road
Huangtudian Rd
Huilongguan
12 B     S216 Road
Huilongguan Rd
Huilongguan
  Longze station
16     S216 Road
  X023 Road
Huilongguan
  Life Science Park station
20     S216 Road
  Shayang Highway
Shahe
22     S216 Road
Baisha Road
Shahe
Towards Baishan-Xiaotangshan
25 A-B     North G4501 6th Ring Road
  Baige Service Area
28     S216 Road
Baifuquan Road
Changping
  Concurrent with   G110 Road  
32 A     S216 Road
  G110 Road
Xiguan Road
Towards   S212 Road
Changping
Ming tombs
  Ming Tombs station
32 B     G7 Jingxin Expressway
36     S216 Road
Chenzhuang
40     S216 Road
  S218 Road
Towards Nankou-Wenquan
   Line S2 S2线  Nankou station
46     S216 Road
Great Wall-Juyong Pass
   Line S2 S2线  Juyongguan station
53     S216 Road
Great Wall-Shuiguan Section
  Turn from "Departing Beijing" towards "Beijing"
58   Badaling
Great Wall-Badaling
   Line S2 S2线  Badaling station
62     S216 Road
  S220 Road
Towards Kangzhuang-Yanqing
65     S216 Road
  S217 Road
Kangzhuang
   Kangzhuang Toll Station 
  Kangzhuang Service Area
  Beijing City  
  Hebei Province  
   Donghuayuan Toll Station  
76     X415 Road
Donghuayuan
96     G7 Jingxin Expressway
  G110 Road
Tumu-Huailai
106     S241 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Huailai
121     S346 Road
Old G110 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Xibali
128     G110 Road
Xiahuayuan
 
 
   G95 Capital Ring Expressway
  Concurrent with   G95 Capital Ring Expressway  
    S32 Xuanda Expressway
  G110 Road
Gujiaying
  Xuanhua Urban Area  
154     G112 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Xuanhua-Centre
  Xuanhua Urban Area  
  Concurrent with   G95 Capital Ring Expressway  
161     G95 Capital Ring Expressway (Zhangcheng Expressway)
    G110 Road
Zhangjiakou
  Binhe S Road
Zhangjiakou
172     S010 Zhangshi Expressway
(North of G6 Expressway to be renamed
  G1013 Haizhang Expressway)
  Zhangjiakou Service Area
188     G207 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Wanquan
  Yujialiang Service Area
205     X401 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Guoleizhuang
218     G110 Road
  S247 Road
Huai'an
  Huai'an Toll Station
  Huai'an Service Area
 
 
   S45 Tianli Expressway
  Hebei Province  
  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  
273     X565 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Xinghe
  Xinghe Toll Station
    G110 Road
Xinghe
    S24 Xinba Expressway
    X201 Road
Towards   G110 Road
E'erdong
    G110 Road
Xiaonao'er
    S54 Jining City Ring Expressway
  Jining Service Area
  Jining Urban Area  
338     G208 Road
Jining
  Jining Urban Area  
    G55 Erguang Expressway
360     X552 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Meiligaitu
  Zhuozishan Service Area
389     G110 Road
Zhuozi
    G110 Road
Towards Qixiaying
  Hohhot Metropolitan Area  
  Yulin Service Area
(1 A-B)     G7 Jingxin Expressway
  G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
  Concurrent with   G7 Jingxin Expressway  
Concurrent with   G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
    S101 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Hohhot-Centre
480     S104 Road
Hohhot-Centre
Towards Wuchuan
  Hohhot Metropolitan Area  
489     G110 Road
Hohhot-West
Taigemu
  Concurrent with   G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway  
(61)     G0601 Hohhot Ring Expressway
  Service Area
509     G110 Road
Bikeqi
521     G110 Road
Chasuqi
  Hasuhai Service Area
543     G110 Road
Taosihao
    G110 Road
Meidaizhao
579     G110 Road
Tumed Youqi
  Baotou Metropolitan Area  
    G65 Baomao Expressway
    G110 Road
  X606 Road
Baotou-Centre
629     G210 Road
Baotou-Centre
645     G110 Road
Baotou-Centre
655     G110 Road
Baotou-Centre
663     G110 Road
Baotou-West
  Baotou Metropolitan Area  
  Baiyanhua Service Area
    G110 Road
Baiyanhua
    G110 Road
Gongmiaozi
  Wulashan (Mt Urad) Service Area
    G110 Road
Urad Qianqi
  Xixiaozhao Service Area
    X708 Road
Xixiaozhao
807     S211 Road
Wuyuan
    G110 Road
Bayannur
  Concurrent with   G7 Jingxin Expressway  
 
 
   G7 Jingxin Expressway
  Shuofang Rd
Bayannur
868     S312 Road
Bayannur
  Linhe-Xinqu (Bayannur) Service Area
    X713 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Chengguan
  Towards   G110 Road
Toudaoqiao
  Dengkou Service Area
937   Gangtie N Rd
Towards   G110 Road
Dengkou
    S24 Xinba Expressway
Towards   G110 Road
Balagong-Dengkou
951     G110 Road
Balagong
  Wuhai Urban Area  
1004     G110 Road
Wuhai-North
  Linyin Ave
Wuhai-Centre
1027     S215 Road
Wuhai-South
  Wuhai Urban Area  
    S215 Road
Hainan
  S33 Wuyin Expressway
(To be renamed   G1817 Wuyin Expressway)
  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region  
  Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region  
  Huinong Toll Station
  Service Area
1079     G110 Road
Huinong
  Huinong Service Area
1093   Towards   G109 Road
Towards   G110 Road
Hongguozi-Xiayingzi
1123     S301 Road
Shizuishan-Pingluo
  Shahu Service Area
1142     X207 Road
Yaofu-Xidatan
1159     X207 Road
Towards   G109 Road
Sishilidian
1167     G0601 Yinchuan Ring Expressway
  G109 Road
Helan
  Helan Service Area
  Yinchuan Metropolitan Area  
1177   Helanshan Road
Yinchuan-Centre
1186     G20 Qingyin Expressway
  S102 Road
Yinchuan-East
1189     G0601 Yinchuan Ring Expressway
  Yinchuan Metropolitan Area  
1202     G109 Road
Yongning
  Yongning Service Area
1224     G109 Road
  S101 Road
Yesheng
1234   Hanba E Road
Qingtongxia
1238     S101 Road
Wuzhong
    S12 Guqing Expressway
1253     S101 Road
Gaozha
  Guanmahu Service Area
1280     S19 Gunhong Expressway
  Mingsha Service Area
1303     S101 Road
Mingsha
1317     G2012 Dingwu Expressway
  Concurrent with   G2012 Dingwu Expressway  
1323     G109 Road
  S101 Road
Zhongning
  Concurrent with   G2012 Dingwu Expressway  
1334     G2012 Dingwu Expressway
1339     G109 Road
  S101 Road
Changshantou
  Xiaohongguo Service Area
    G70 Fuyin Expressway
    G109 Road
Datanchuan
  Xingren Service Area
1414     S202 Road
Xingren
  Xingren Toll Station
  Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region  
  Gansu Province  
  Liuzhaike Toll Station
1425     G109 Road
Wuhe
1455     G109 Road
Wangjiashan
  Pingchuan
  Xindun Service Area
    G109 Road
Pinchuan-Shuiquan
1504     G109 Road
  S207 Road
Liuchuan
  Baiyin-East Service Area
1533     G109 Road
Baiyin-East
    G109 Road
Baiyin-West
1572     G109 Road
Gaolan
1582   Lanqin High-speed way
Shuifu
    G30 Lianhuo Expressway
Concurrent with   G30 Lianhuo Expressway
    G30 Lianhuo Expressway
  S13 Zhongchuan Airport Liaison Line
(Formerly named   S1 Lanying Expressway)
(To be renamed   G1816 Wuma Expressway)
1623     S201 Road
Lanzhou-West
Lanzhou Botanical Garden
  Lanzhou Metropolitan Area  
1635     G109 Road
  G312 Road
Hekou
  Lanzhou Metropolitan Area  
  Zhangjiasi Service Area
1666     G109 Road
Huazhuang
    G109 Road
Haishiwan
  Haishiwan Toll Station
  Gansu Province  
  Qinghai Province  
  Machangyuan Toll Station
  Machangyuan Service Area
    G109 Road
Machangyuan
1709   Minhe
1750     G109 Road
Ledu
  Ledu Service Area
1779     G109 Road
  S202 Road
Ping'an
    S11 Zhanghe Expressway
(To be renamed   G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
  Concurrent with   S11 Zhanghe Expressway  
(To be renamed   G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1784     Xining Caojiabao Airport
 
 
  
  Xining Metropolitan Area  
1779     G109 Road
Xining-East
1803     S1112 Ninghu Expressway
1814     S1113 Ninggui Expressesy
  S103 Road
Xining-Centre
  Concurrent with   S11 Zhanghe Expressway  
(To be renamed   G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1817     S11 Zhanghe Expressway
(Formerly named as   S1 Ningda Expressway)
(To be renamed   G0611 Zhangwen Expressway)
1819   Haihu Ave
Xining-North
1827     S103 Road
Dabuzi
    S103 Road
Xining-West
  Xining Metropolitan Area  
    S103 Road
Dabuzi
    S103 Road
Duba
  Doba Toll Station
    G109 Road
  G315 Road
Towards   S20 Huangxi Expressway
Huangyuan
  Under Construction  
1911     G109 Road
  G214 Road
Daotanghe
  Daotanghe Toll Station
    G214 Road
    G214 Road
Gonghe
  N Huanghua Avenue
Gonghe
   Gongyu Expressway
(To be named   G0613 Xili Expressway)
    X301 Road
Towards Gonghe-Nandi
    X301 Road
Towards Nandi
    G109 Road
Dashuiqiao
    G109 Road
Chaka
  Chaka Toll Station
  Chaka Service Area
    S2013 Chade Expressway
(To be renamed   G0612 Xihe Expressway)
    G109 Road
Chaka
   Under Construction   
     G3011 Liyge Expressway
  Qinghai Province  
  Tibet Autonomous Region  
  Towards Beijing  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ G6 京藏高速 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ "Get your kicks on Route G6". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  3. ^ "11月1日,京藏高速公路银川过境段全线建成试通车-银川市人民政府门户网站". www.yinchuan.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-01-11.