Expressways of Shanghai - National Expressways

National Expressways

National highways and expressways in Shanghai both have the prefix G, an abbreviation for Guodao (Chinese: 国道), which literally means National roads. It is important to note that both grade-separated, controlled-access expressways and normal at-grade highways both have the prefix G. Only the national-level expressways are mentioned here. National-highways which are at grade and not controlled-access are also found in Shanghai, and these include G204, G312, G318, and G320. Expressways also have green-coloured signs while their highway counterparts have red-coloured signs.

Designation Former Shanghai A designation English name Hanzi name Termini in Shanghai Continues towards Notes
A11 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway 京沪高速公路 Middle Ring Road
Jiangsu border		 Beijing G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway and G42 Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway 沪蓉高速公路 Chengdu
A4, A5 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway 沈海高速公路 Jiangsu border
Zhejiang border		 Shenyang (north)
Haikou (south)
A14 Shanghai–Xi'an Expressway 沪陕高速公路 G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway
Jiangsu border		 Xi'an
A9 Shanghai–Chongqing Expressway 沪渝高速公路 S20 Outer Ring Expressway and Yan'an Elevated Road
Jiangsu border		 Chongqing
A8 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway 沪昆高速公路 S20 Outer Ring Expressway, S4 Shanghai–Jinshan Expressway, and Humin Elevated Road
Zhejiang border		 Kunming G60 Shanghai–Kunming Expressway and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway are concurrencies for their entire length in Shanghai.
G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway 杭州湾环线高速公路 Ningbo
A30 Shanghai Ring Expressway 上海绕城高速公路 Ring road almost entirely within Shanghai.

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