Haikou Ring Expressway

The Haikou Ring Expressway (Chinese: 海口绕城高速公路), designated as G98 and Hainan Provincial Expressway S82, is a 50.1-kilometre-long expressway (31.1 mi)[1] in Haikou, Hainan, China.

Haikou Ring Expressway
海口绕城高速公路
Route information
Length50.1 km (31.1 mi)
Major junctions
West end G98 / G225 in Chengmai County, Hainan
East end G9812 in Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan
Location
CountryChina
Highway system
Haikou Ring Expressway in January 2010

History

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Opened on 6 August 2008,[2] it is now part of G98 (Haikou section, connecting the original East-West Expressway). The second phase of the project G9812 (Meilan Airport Interchange-Yanfeng Interchange) was opened to traffic on 21 September 2019.[3]

The expressway originally had the G1501 route marker until 2017 when it was renumbered as the G9801. In July 2022, the G9801 designation was officially removed, along with a number of other ring roads of coastal cities in the NTHS, because Haikou is a coastal city and it would be inefficient to route a brand new expressway into the sea for no reason.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.cnyangluo.com/html/200712/19/090203527.htm Archived 2016-06-02 at the Wayback Machine (chinesisch)
  2. ^ "海口绕城高速公路实现功能性通车 时速120公里". 南海网. 6 August 2008.
  3. ^ "文琼高速正式通车 文昌到琼海仅需半小时" (in Simplified Chinese). 琼海市人民政府. 10 January 2020.