- Shenda highway
The Shenda Expressway (zh-stp |t=瀋大高速公路 |s=沈大高速公路 |p=Shěn Dà Gāo Sù Gōng Lù) is a 400km expressway that connects
Shenyang andDalian , two prefecture-level cites located in theLiaoning province of China. The highway was built between1984 and1990 . The name combines the first character of each of the 2 cities, Shen and Da, making it the Shenda highway. It translates literally to Shenda high-speed roadway. Originally, it was a 4-lane freeway. It was rebuilt recently and now has 8 lanes.The controversy over whether it is the first expressway in mainland China
Shenda highway is claimed to be the first expressway in China mainland. It was planned as an express highway but was actually built as a
freeway . Due to its length (400km), it was opened section by section. Although the entire route was not completed until1990 , its first section had already opened in1986 . By1988 , more than 100km of the route was opened to public traffic. Its competitor, the Hujia Expressway,only 18.5km long, also claimed to be the first expressway in mainland China. It was completed in1988 .Main Exits
Exit name Approx. kilometers from start Shenyang North0 Shenyang 3 Liaoyang 67 Anshan 92 Haicheng 128 Dashi Bridge 160 Gaizhou 190 Xiongyuecheng 221 Wafangdian 295 Pulandian 322 Jinzhou 367 Dalian 400
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