World's longest highway (550km) inside world 2nd largest mobile desert Talimu in Xinjiang. And China is building another longer one (maybe it's already built.)
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General Huo can you post a map of all the China highways like these ones from Xinjiang? Just to have a general idea of your country roads...whats new what under construction etc..

thanks in advance :)

sorry this one http://pic.people.com.cn/mediafile/200507/15/F2005071515521000000.jpg

China is building at least 5000 new expressways every year. There is no such updated maps to show all u/c from what I know.

New expwy leading to Vietnam is going to open
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New express way in China

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/hw1.jpg

New express way in China
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/hw2.jpg

In 15 years or less, China's highway system should be like this:

Red line: radial highway from Beijing
Blue line: West <-> East
Green line: North <-> South

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/Plan.jpg

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http://www.zhejiang.gov.cn/gb/node2/node50/node52/node69/node122/node3001/images/00002965.jpg

http://www.zj.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2005-12/24/xin_52120224105619706811.jpg

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http://www.lsdaily.com/images/2005-12-24/pic_35996.jpg

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some only very a few of new expressways built in this year
http://image2.sina.com.cn/cj/zsyz/2005-12-05/U1202P257T1D75267F19DT20051205103849.jpg

http://www.gndaily.com/NEWS/pic/200512595338.jpg

http://www.gywb.com.cn/news_pic/d_pic/051226/095254.jpg

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0512/W020051226333665008363.jpg
金丽温高速公路丽水境内雄姿

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0512/W020051226333665151575.jpg
绿色“金丽温”

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0512/W020051226333665628012.jpg
金丽温高速公路隧隧相连

http://www.news365.com.cn/xwzx/shxw/W020051224344095949961.JPG

http://www.xinminweekly.com.cn/xwzx/shxw/W020051130508373917613.JPG

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http://www.nmg.xinhuanet.com/2005-11/26/xin_141102260901703149795.jpg

http://www.jiangmen.gov.cn/zxzx/bdzh/1200511290081_25410.jpg

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http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0512/W020051227328260785655.jpg

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AMAZINGGG MAN!!!! i swear all those highways ....its like so unworldly...they are outa this world....definitely the best in the world. :)

WTF were they tring to accomplish with this???

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/ShanghaiSuburb/sh104.jpg


It looks like those Nazca lines in Peru.

In the future, these highways will be full of cars! Amazing!

A LA MIERDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! de donde coño sacan esos malditos chinos los reales pa paga todas esas autopistas

These Highways are amazings:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:


I would like that in my country our goverment builds that kind of highways

Bai Luo highway opens 12/31/2005
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Some of them are quite nice, but i have seen really good highways too in some countries in latin america, so im not that impressed.

too bad they're all tolled. Most expressways in Victoria are toll free.

no wonder they always make those movies of racing with chinese people lol...their freeways look more like race tracks than FREEWAYS!! lol

http://www.chinawestnews.net/gb/westnews/xbkf/yw/images/00103724.jpg

http://www.chinawestnews.net/gb/westnews/xbkf/yw/images/00103725.jpg

http://www.chinawestnews.net/gb/westnews/xbkf/yw/images/00103726.jpg

The expressways are nice, but empty.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/ShanghaiSuburb/sh105.jpg

What the hell is this? :runaway:

What the hell is this? :runaway:

I think its a car testing course, or maybe a racetrack.

Edited the first 2 posts,more updates coming soon ...Stay tuned!

Wuhan to Yichang Expressway after re-paving/repair.

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0601/W020060113342178127470.jpg

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0601/W020060113342177180994.jpg

A few of handreds Beijing freeway interchanges
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The only thing IMPRESSIVE is the utter lack of traffic.

Yeah wait 5 years - then they'll look just like our highways.

Yeah wait 5 years - then they'll look just like our highways.

yea thats actually a really good they they dont have any traffic. If the Chinese were as car dependent as the US there'd be a whole lot more air pollution. Too bad its not gonna be like that for long.

The only thing IMPRESSIVE is the utter lack of traffic.

Thank goodness they aren't congested like those in Los Angeles. China isn't an automobile society like America but more like public transportation. Too bad in a few years it'll all change because China just became the world's no.2 car market after the US.

China to become second largest auto market



Satinet Claude, general manger of the French Citroen Automobile, said Saturday despite the fact that China's auto market in 2004 was not as good as it had been two years ago he still believed that China would become the second largest auto market in the long run.

Satinet said while releasing the company's annual report Citroen produced 78,000 cars in 2004 in cooperation with China whilst the production in 2003 was 104,000. The reason of the reduction was that the China auto market experienced sharp demand decrease after "blowout" in recent years. In addition, too many newcomers joined the competition, which led to fierce price cuts. To guarantee the value of its brand Citroen voluntarily limited its production.

Satinet said although China's auto market entered an adjustment period from the short-term point of view, in the long run, that is, in the foreseeable ten years, it would become the second largest auto market in the world. He believed after sometime China's auto market would complete restructuring and its growth would be steady and strong.

Citroen's official in charge of China affairs said to the reporter that those who felt most pressured in China's auto market in 2004 were foreign companies that entered China long ago. He said China's new regulations on auto industry would boost the healthy competition in the auto market. He was confident of the future of China's auto market.

the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
the highways in these pics no car because all these are new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Calm down！

老乡，你这样因为老外说几句路上没车就歇斯底里没必要！ 我们既不要讽刺印度人，也不要因为被嘲讽而气急败坏！呵呵！

**xiao shan hehe i am shaoxing

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Calm down！

老乡，你这样因为老外说几句路上没车就歇斯底里没必要！ 我们既不要讽刺印度人，也不要因为被嘲讽而气急败坏！呵呵！

rzj2000 请冷静些，作为大国公民应该有大国气魄。你发的照片（高速公路上的自行车和这些汽车）以及评论没有任何建设性的意义。任何过激的辩解都是自卑的表现。

rzj2000 请冷静些，作为大国公民应该有大国气魄。你发的照片（高速公路上的自行车和这些汽车）以及评论没有任何建设性的意义。任何过激的辩解都是自卑的表现。
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晕哦 不是我不够冷静 是我英语差呀 我只能用这么几个单字 我不能讲更多呀 我也不知道他们在讨论什么 我只知道大概意思 还有我发的图片和他们讨论无关 我只发浙江的告诉情况！！！！ :cheers: :eek2:

Are these Shanghai-Hangzhou expressway or Hangzhou-Ningbo. They are 8 lanes and fully packed. :)
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is hangzhou-ningbo ! yes They are 8 lanes and fully packed everyday!

WOOOhoo! global warming here we come!!

Thank goodness they aren't congested like those in Los Angeles. China isn't an automobile society like America but more like public transportation. Too bad in a few years it'll all change because China just became the world's no.2 car market after the US.

I actually just returned from China a week or so ago, and have to say that traffic in Beijing is MUCH worse than Los Angeles. It actually had the worst traffic I've ever seen. Every highway around the city is stuck in virtual gridlock. It took us hours to go anywhere due to the stand-still traffic.

yea thats actually a really good they they dont have any traffic. If the Chinese were as car dependent as the US there'd be a whole lot more air pollution. Too bad its not gonna be like that for long.

Consequently, the traffic coupled with the heavy industry in the country makes for the worst air pollution I've ever seen. Its so smoggy that sunny days actually seem cloudy... this picture is actually a sunny day:

http://images.kodakgallery.com/servlet/Images/photos1431/3/82/86/21/71/4/471218682305_0_BG.jpg?a=1

I will say there is much less traffic on highways between cities, generally because these new highways are expensive to drive on, and there are transportation alternatives such as trains.

WOOOhoo! global warming here we come!!

Apparently, US is far more the biggest threat in this regard.

It'll be cool if they built a freeway all the way to Hainan Island with a huge suspension bridge.

China has 41,000 km expressways (access controlled, 4+ lanes) built by the end of 2005, which is close to half of USA's. It built 5000km new expressways in 2005, and it has been building around 5000km new expressways annually for at least 4, 5 years in a row now.

I actually just returned from China a week or so ago, and have to say that traffic in Beijing is MUCH worse than Los Angeles. It actually had the worst traffic I've ever seen. Every highway around the city is stuck in virtual gridlock. It took us hours to go anywhere due to the stand-still traffic.
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It's the same in Guangzhou. Looks like even with sophisticated subway system in place, there will still be huge traffic jams in the big cities due to the rise of the middle class wanting cars as social symbol, and inherant poor road design and planning.

But there's an easy solution: raise the price of gasoline in gas stations, or increase license fee or levy a tax when buying vehicles.

Roads in Chongqing

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Roads in Inner Mongolia. Yes, they are not good, but I like the roadside view.

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Roads in Inner Mongolia. Yes, they are not good, but I like the roadside view.

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This thread is way too good.

Roads in Inner Mongolia:

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Roads in Inner Mongolia:

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Not all that different from any other highway.

Roads in Inner Mongolia. It's not that good, but I like the roadside views.

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Roads in Inner Mongolia. It's not that good, but I like the roadside views.

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Roads in Inner Mongolia. It's not that good, but I like the roadside views.

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Roads in Inner Mongolia. It's not that good, but I like the roadside views.

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Great pics, hidden_dragon. it reminds me of the central United State highways. Thanks for the hard work!!!

The scenery in Inner Mongolia is very nice.

Road in Tibet

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^^ I don't want to be stuck in that kind of traffic.

Yikes!!!

IMO, to avoid a situation(s) like that, China should persuade people to ride trains/mass transit.

Seriously, it looks as if the traffic there is worst than here in Manila and it's a real pain in the @$$ just to wait in minutes due to numerous delays & stuff.

I mean if the Philippines is already the #1 most traffic nation in the world, then what more with the above???

No one wants to spend eight hours just travelling in a car when your journey is 10 km. away.

In the case of China, mass transit/trains should be made as the driving force of their country's transportation (so that there would be lesser cars on the road and lesser pollution too.)

nice freeways, but not too impressive.
Please show us some impressive highways. :)

holy... that reminds me of rush hour on the 401 in Toronto...

20 lanes of endless gridlock... pretty impressive for the population I must say...

funny how the Beijing traffic always look far worse from the air than on the ground... even if the avg speed is only 13km/h city wide... I guess that's a good thing

I was born in Beijing BTW...

朋友们。。好图。。。顶啦!

some of those pictures look like race tracks... they look over done...but look good no doubt
wuih....do you see something strange? Where are the cars? these looks like this remind me of driving in need for speed game. Just like a race track.

Do the highways in China look like this?

nice freeways, but not too impressive. China doesn't have as many cars as in the United states, so maybe in a few years or in a decade or so, it will be lot of cars in rural China. American freeways are busy, even in rural areas. I don't see many cars in rural area of China in the pictures. I-90 6 lane freeway over snoquailimie pass in Washington state gets average of 26,000 cars a day, one of the busiest mountain pass in the US.


But Hong Kong has the busiest road system in the world.

AMERICA IS NOT THE BEST !!

been to beijing myself.. and i find their freeways ok.... its nice

is that all the highway in China are constrcuted by China`s companay???

is that all the highway in China are constrcuted by China`s companay???
I believe so.

Xinhua News:
Shaanxi to build more expressways in next 15 years (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/10/content_4286635.htm)

Xinhua news:
New highway traversing Taklimakan Desert to be completed (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/19/content_4318266.htm)

my favorite pictues, don't know if some have been posted before.

Beijing 5th and 6th Ring road highway
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highway near the Great Wall
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Highway in Shanxi Taihang mountains

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Runyang highway bridge

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Xiyagou, Shanxi
It's definitely not highway, but must be a very interesting experience to ride on!

Driving in the mountains
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An exciting ride
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Finally see a car
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Look at the holes on the cliff, roads inside!
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They dont have cars in China? the roads are completely empty.

They dont have cars in China? the roads are completely empty.
Most highway pictures were taken when those roads were just completed. You can see all those expressways are pretty new. Expressways only started being built in China 10 years ago. That explains why they are empty. Actually some of inter-city highways are so crowded now that people have to choose alternate tranportation methods.

Intercity driving is very expensive in China relative to other forms of transport; in the city, congestion often makes rail a faster alternative when available.

What amazes me is how China does not have any high-capacity motorways in urban areas. The widest I have seen is only 8 lanes, 4 on each side. Do they design these roads knowing well they will be dysfunctional within 15 years as car ownership grows?

It's a pity. In the States they are building 18-lane behemoths.

Intercity driving is very expensive in China relative to other forms of transport; in the city, congestion often makes rail a faster alternative when available.

What amazes me is how China does not have any high-capacity motorways in urban areas. The widest I have seen is only 8 lanes, 4 on each side. Do they design these roads knowing well they will be dysfunctional within 15 years as car ownership grows?

It's a pity. In the States they are building 18-lane behemoths.

well, would the US still be building that if building 1 km of an additional lane would mean the relocation of 10,000 people? I don't see them building 18 lane highways in downtown LA.

The Chinese government would love to build wider roads, makes the traffic run faster and the officals look better, but where are they gonna put the people?

Also remember that that word public transportation in China is not the same as public transportation in the US. Bus routes in beijing runs from 1 to 979 (highest I've seen), and they are dirt cheap even by Chinese standards. I bet you've never seen a 24 bus convoy before...

Winding-up road in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/zjj16.jpg

^
Oh, what a snake road!

It is funny that sometimes it is much easier for the non-Chinese to accept the change of China but on the contrary overseas Chinese are just hard to accept or even believe.( I mean some of them according to the locationif I am right).

China's highway system looks impresive but they should do something about their terrible drivers.

Even with all the interchanges that are extremely complez there is still gridlocked?

Are the highways controlled-access?

Awesome roads! :banana2:

If Texas were a country, it would easily have the world's best roads, hands down, by every meaningful standard (size, capacity, design, and aesthetics)... but China wouldn't be far behind (the bridges are particularly nice). Florida's newest and most recently-rebuilt roads are pretty nice, too... but Florida's oldest roads (and particularly its oldest interchanges) utterly suck.

Freeways in the northeastern US are just plain ugly... stomach-turningly-ugly, in most cases. Even the new and newly-rebuilt ones. Some of the bridges I saw in New York looked like they had chunks literally falling off, bolts missing, four thousand layers of gray paint over rust and corrosion, and lots & lots of duct tape. (OK, I'm kidding about the duct tape. Maybe.)

Winding-up road in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/zjj16.jpg

Anybody watch Initial D? Let's see Takumi tackle THESE! HAHAHA

really awesome and amazing highways.

Winding-up road in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/zjj16.jpg
THIS IS CRAZY!

It is funny that sometimes it is much easier for the non-Chinese to accept the change of China but on the contrary overseas Chinese are just hard to accept or even believe.( I mean some of them according to the locationif I am right).


huh?

It's extremely dangerous highway.

Winding-up road in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/zjj16.jpg

I want to drive on that road. The place looks beautiful.

shenyang------dandong highway~
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That looks almost exactly like the Southern Tier Expressway I-86 in New York State.

well, would the US still be building that if building 1 km of an additional lane would mean the relocation of 10,000 people? I don't see them building 18 lane highways in downtown LA.

The Chinese government would love to build wider roads, makes the traffic run faster and the officals look better, but where are they gonna put the people?

Also remember that that word public transportation in China is not the same as public transportation in the US. Bus routes in beijing runs from 1 to 979 (highest I've seen), and they are dirt cheap even by Chinese standards. I bet you've never seen a 24 bus convoy before...
24 bus convoy? In Beijing? Haven't seen that before, and I spend plenty of time in China. They only bus convoy that size I've seen was during the Hurricane Rita evacuation. :lol: What I meant was that Chinese highways should have had wider right-of-ways from when skyscrapers weren't built yet. It only takes 12m to add four lanes. Maybe the situation will improve once U/C underground lines are complete, since rail transit in Beijing currently sucks, and the city is very large for bus coverage. As for Shanghai highways, I have no pity. The city is several times denser than Beijing, and people shouldn't hesitate to take buses.

Shanghai and Beijing has around the same density.

as for wider intercity highways, certainly they should do that. But think about it from a political and economical point of view. The people doesn't think about future planning, if you build a 6 lane highways and while a 4 lane is more than enough, questions are going to be asked.

You can say future planning, others will say you're showing off.

but nevertheless, I get your point.

Shanghai and Beijing has around the same density.

as for wider intercity highways, certainly they should do that. But think about it from a political and economical point of view. The people doesn't think about future planning, if you build a 6 lane highways and while a 4 lane is more than enough, questions are going to be asked.

You can say future planning, others will say you're showing off.

but nevertheless, I get your point.
If communist administrative fiat can't push through "future planning", then the heavens help us. :lol:

Beijing is less dense. You can tell simply by looking. If that doesn't work, try walking a distance. ;)

The roads-in-rock-mountains look like the ones in Need4Speed ahaha

here is some hints about China highway current and in the near future.


china national highway can be categoried into three groups: national express-way( >=100K/h, at least 4 lanes), Province highway(two to four lanes) and coutryside road(one or two lanes).

by the end of 2005, China has built 40,000 kilometer expressways( by comparison, U.S now owned 80,000 kilometers expressway), the second largest in the world. according to China's the 11 national plan, it will constructed another 40,000 kilometer expressway by 2010. by then , China will roughly finish its national expressway-frame plan, i.e, all cities >=200,000 will be connected by expressway. the size of China's final expressway, according to the country's plan, will reach to 120,000 kilometer by 2025.

by the end of 2005, China has built 1.3 million kilometers province highway.according to the country's 11 national plan, china will build another 1.5 million province highway by 2010, all sealed and 2-4 lanes.

China's countryside road(one lane or two lane, paved or unsealded) is about 2 million now. according to the country's plan, by 2010, all countryside road will be paved and sealed. chinese call it "road to every villages".

Province highway(two to four lanes) and coutryside road(one or two lanes).

--------------------------------
o nonono Province highway and coutryside road ont only four lanes ! some Province highway and coutryside are more four lanes !Province highway and coutryside can people to walk Through !and can bike to driving!

China Way
1 COUNTRY ROAD(can people walk bike diiving) <country Investment>
2 express(closed)
3Province highway<like country ,but Province investment>
4coutryside road
5Other
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THE MAP ONLY HIGHWAY AND COUNTRY ROAD!
http://www.zjjvip.com/map/chinamap.jpg

If communist administrative fiat can't push through "future planning", then the heavens help us. :lol:

Beijing is less dense. You can tell simply by looking. If that doesn't work, try walking a distance. ;)


when it comes to hints of corruption and people wantting to take your job.

You gotta becareful to do enough, but not too much.

Also the risk of making your superiors look bad.

but let's not go into politics, espeically Chinese politics.

Pics are scary. Even though china is developing it is still communist and in 5 more years India will be Number 1 economy in the World. Now it is in the fourth. India is a democray!!

Good luck for China, a great Communist country.

Pics are scary. Even though china is developing it is still communist and in 5 more years India will be Number 1 economy in the World. Now it is in the fourth. India is a democray

Jealousy is spelt j e a l o u s y ..not d e m o c r a c y

:eek2: impresive, just keep building it..! i love watching those empty highways, gimme more!!



male, take it easy! China has surpassed German and became the third largest automotive country in the world, and will surpass Japan by 2010, and eventually overtake U.S by 2015.

You have No idea what's happenning in China NOW! take a chance and pay a visit to China, no big cities, but small towns ,especially the eastern coast region, you will find how stupid you are to raise question above.

Pics are scary. Even though china is developing it is still communist and in 5 more years India will be Number 1 economy in the World. Now it is in the fourth. India is a democray!!


yeah, India has implemented democratic since 1946 for almost 50 yrs, yet it is still the poorest country in the world. Inida's per capital even less than Bhutan!

keep dreaming , Inidan big mouth----India is shrining, India is number one, India will surpass U.S, India is a developed Country.the 21 century belongs to India

The differences between Indians and the rest of the world is, Indian was and is living in a dream world!

To me, all those roads look pretty impressive.
Do any of you have any estimation of total lenght of chinese motorways?
how many kilometers do they build a year????


by 2005, China has built 40,000 kilometer express-way( by comparison, U.S has 70,000 kilometers), the second largest in the world. the third country is about 20,000(German/Canada)


China construct 4000-5000 kilometer express way each yr since the end of of last century( in fact, China built its first FORMAL expressway in 1992). according to the country's 11th national plan, it will build another 40,000 kilometer expressway by 2010.


China's utral goal of national-expressway -frame is about 120,000 kilometer by 2025.


note: there is a big difference between expressway and highway in China's term. expressway refers to totaly sealed motorway, speed>=100 k/h, at least 4 lanes)

steven, please don't overreact, or at least differentiate one perticular person with a nation.
I consider your comments in 29# are very offensive. :jk:

yeah, India has implemented democratic since 1946 for almost 50 yrs, yet it is still the poorest country in the world. Inida's per capital even less than Bhutan!

keep dreaming , Inidan big mouth----India is shrining, India is number one, India will surpass U.S, India is a developed Country.the 21 century belongs to India

The differences between Indians and the rest of the world is, Indian was and is living in a dream world!

watch it buddy. Don't egg on a flame war. This thread is about China, keep it Chinese.

Pics are scary. Even though china is developing it is still communist and in 5 more years India will be Number 1 economy in the World. Now it is in the fourth. India is a democray!!

Don't bring India into threads like this. They are discussing Chinese success, not China vs India.

what happened to the other chinese highway thread?

agree with sravan2569. please constrain yourself all. India and China are both great nations. They can dominate if, they know how to cooperate with each other.

happy to have a trip to Beijing and Hyderabad in 2 weeks :)

what happened to the other chinese highway thread?
I don't know, just wondering why null created a new Chinese highway thread with so many bad links :ohno:

These roads are humungous. China seems to be building roads with a vengeance. At this rate it should soon catch up with the developed world. I hope the Chinese don't regret destroying nature to build these roads in the future.
Finally, great pictures and good luck to China atleast there is visible progress in readiness for the vehicles that will hit these roads. That will be when the worry begins........

beijing so bad!every day

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steven, please don't overreact, or at least differentiate one perticular person with a nation.
I consider your comments in 29# are very offensive. :jk:

steven is obviously more defensive than offensive.

Anyway, we can put better discussion of Chinese highways in the new thread.

Fujian highway

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Fujian highway

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Fujian highway

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lovely photos. I prefer this thread for all the Chinese highways.

The Fujian highway is spectacular.

WOW!!! Spectacular indeed!!!

Awesome roads! :banana2:

If Texas were a country, it would easily have the world's best roads, hands down, by every meaningful standard (size, capacity, design, and aesthetics)... but China wouldn't be far behind (the bridges are particularly nice). Florida's newest and most recently-rebuilt roads are pretty nice, too... but Florida's oldest roads (and particularly its oldest interchanges) utterly suck.

Freeways in the northeastern US are just plain ugly... stomach-turningly-ugly, in most cases. Even the new and newly-rebuilt ones. Some of the bridges I saw in New York looked like they had chunks literally falling off, bolts missing, four thousand layers of gray paint over rust and corrosion, and lots & lots of duct tape. (OK, I'm kidding about the duct tape. Maybe.)

there are a lot of shitty highways here in TX and the drive is boring pretty much throughout the state except for parts of west texas.

there are a lot of shitty highways here in TX and the drive is boring pretty much throughout the state except for parts of west texas.
You do have to admit, those "shitty highways" are all in Austin, not Houston. Traffic, yes, but good highways. ;)

It's funny, in China taking a roadtrip costs as much in highway tolls as getting a cheap train ticket. I just pay a little more and get a bunk. :lol:

China's fast expanding road to development

BEIJING, April 5, 2006 (AFP) - From not one mile of expressway 18 years ago, China now has the second most extensive network in the world behind only the United States, state media said Wednesday.

China had 41,000 kilometers (25,400 miles) of expressway at the end of last year, the China Daily said.

From 2001 to 2005, China added 24,000 kilometers and there are no plans to slow the pace of road construction, the newspaper cited government officials as saying.

"Our plan for the next five years is to maintain the same speed as in the previous five years," said Dai Dongchang, director of Transport Planning and Research Institute at the Ministry of Communications.

The ambitious construction schedule is of huge importance for China's future growth prospects as at least 60 percent of its economy is facilitated by road transport, the China Daily said.

"Although transportation is no longer a bottleneck for the economy, we still need to expand its role," Dai said.

After its completion in 2010, the Chinese expressway network will connect all provincial capitals and cities with at least half a million people, the newspaper said.

People in coastal provinces will be able to reach good roads within half an hour of travel from their homes, while the time span will be within one hour for central China and two hours for the less developed western regions.

Over the longer term, the plan is to increase the total length of expressways to at least 85,000 kilometers by 2020, or just short of the current US network of about 90,000 kilometers, the newspaper said.

During the period, about two trillion yuan (250 billion dollars) will be raised for road development from overseas and private investors.

The planned expressway network will also stretch to Hong Kong and Macao, and include the proposed Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. A feasibility study on a road link across the Taiwan Straits is also being conducted, the newspaper said.

At least three major expressways will be built to link China's major economic hubs such as the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Sea Rim areas before 2020.

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i hate traffic jam....
ya.. who know how long time that Beijing citizen spend on road trafiic jam???

Jian Xiang Bridge ( 建翔橋 )
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/q9i1vr70_qoRWNN77JHLT.gif

Jin Yuan Bridge ( 晉元橋 )
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Ma Jia Lou Bridge ( 馬家樓橋 )
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Shang Qing Bridge ( 八達嶺高速與北五環立交：上清橋 )
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Si Hui Bridge ( 東四環與京通快速立交：四惠橋 )
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pXy0Zr70_sWw5l8ca68Sg.gif

Si Yuan Bridge ( 東四環與機場高速立交：四元橋 )
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Wan Quan He Bridge ( 萬泉河橋 )
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Wang He Bridge ( 望和橋 )
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Wu Fabg Bridge ( 五方橋 )
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/pK2k6L70_VkjzETjF53i9.gif

^^ these roads look really great, but i wonder if they could have saved money on the fancy designs and still achieved the same effectiveness ...

An expressway is just opened in Yunnan, southwestern China
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Celebration of local Dai minority. Dai people is related to some other people in SE Asia, such as Thai, and share some holidays such as water splashing festival (April 13 to 16 of every year).
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Like these roads

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ding

目前，全世界已有80多个国家和地区拥有高速公路，通车总里程超过了23万公里。

　　第一名是美国，目前高速公路总长度为8.8万公里，已完成以州际为核心的高速公路网，其总里程约占世界高速公路总里程的一半，连接了所有5万人以上的城镇。

　　第二名是中国，目前突破了3万高速公路。1988年10月31日，上海至嘉定18.5公里高速公路建成通车，使中国大陆有了高速公路。此后17年间，我国高速公路建设突飞猛进：1999年突破1万公里，跃居世界第四位；2000年达到1.6万公里，跃居世界第三；2001年达到1.9万公里，跃居世界第二；2004年8月底突破了3万公里，比世界第三的加拿大多出近一倍。

　　第三名是加拿大，共修建了1.65万公里高速公路，而且不征收车辆通行费，所以路上也没有收费站、检查站。

　　第四名是德国，拥有1.1万公里高速公路，其中波恩至科隆高速公路是世界上第一条高速公路，建于1932年。

　　第五名是法国，目前拥有1万公里高速路，由于采取了大量吸收民间投资的方法，有力地推动了高速公路的建设速度。

目前，全世界已有80多个国家和地区拥有高速公路，通车总里程超过了23万公里。

　　第一名是美国，目前高速公路总长度为8.8万公里，已完成以州际为核心的高速公路网，其总里程约占世界高速公路总里程的一半，连接了所有5万人以上的城镇。

　　第二名是中国，目前突破了3万高速公路。1988年10月31日，上海至嘉定18.5公里高速公路建成通车，使中国大陆有了高速公路。此后17年间，我国高速公路建设突飞猛进：1999年突破1万公里，跃居世界第四位；2000年达到1.6万公里，跃居世界第三；2001年达到1.9万公里，跃居世界第二；2004年8月底突破了3万公里，比世界第三的加拿大多出近一倍。

　　第三名是加拿大，共修建了1.65万公里高速公路，而且不征收车辆通行费，所以路上也没有收费站、检查站。

　　第四名是德国，拥有1.1万公里高速公路，其中波恩至科隆高速公路是世界上第一条高速公路，建于1932年。

　　第五名是法国，目前拥有1万公里高速路，由于采取了大量吸收民间投资的方法，有力地推动了高速公路的建设速度。

what "car density" is the chinese government assuming for the future?
Those roads look great---but if you have the same number of "cars per capita" as is europe, those roads should not have 2 lanes in each direction, but 8....

or will there always be only a small percentage of chinese people having a car in the future?

目前，全世界已有80多个国家和地区拥有高速公路，通车总里程超过了23万公里。

　　第一名是美国，目前高速公路总长度为8.8万公里，已完成以州际为核心的高速公路网，其总里程约占世界高速公路总里程的一半，连接了所有5万人以上的城镇。

　　第二名是中国，目前突破了3万高速公路。1988年10月31日，上海至嘉定18.5公里高速公路建成通车，使中国大陆有了高速公路。此后17年间，我国高速公路建设突飞猛进：1999年突破1万公里，跃居世界第四位；2000年达到1.6万公里，跃居世界第三；2001年达到1.9万公里，跃居世界第二；2004年8月底突破了3万公里，比世界第三的加拿大多出近一倍。

　　第三名是加拿大，共修建了1.65万公里高速公路，而且不征收车辆通行费，所以路上也没有收费站、检查站。

　　第四名是德国，拥有1.1万公里高速公路，其中波恩至科隆高速公路是世界上第一条高速公路，建于1932年。

　　第五名是法国，目前拥有1万公里高速路，由于采取了大量吸收民间投资的方法，有力地推动了高速公路的建设速度。
Please don't post Chinese articles in this thread. And you information is far out of date. By 2005, Chinese expressway length has exceeded 41,000km.

目前，全世界已有80多个国家和地区拥有高速公路，通车总里程超过了23万公里。

　　第一名是美国，目前高速公路总长度为8.8万公里，已完成以州际为核心的高速公路网，其总里程约占世界高速公路总里程的一半，连接了所有5万人以上的城镇。

　　第二名是中国，目前突破了3万高速公路。1988年10月31日，上海至嘉定18.5公里高速公路建成通车，使中国大陆有了高速公路。此后17年间，我国高速公路建设突飞猛进：1999年突破1万公里，跃居世界第四位；2000年达到1.6万公里，跃居世界第三；2001年达到1.9万公里，跃居世界第二；2004年8月底突破了3万公里，比世界第三的加拿大多出近一倍。

　　第三名是加拿大，共修建了1.65万公里高速公路，而且不征收车辆通行费，所以路上也没有收费站、检查站。

　　第四名是德国，拥有1.1万公里高速公路，其中波恩至科隆高速公路是世界上第一条高速公路，建于1932年。

　　第五名是法国，目前拥有1万公里高速路，由于采取了大量吸收民间投资的方法，有力地推动了高速公路的建设速度。
http://www.moc.gov.cn/images/index_top.gif
我国高速公路总里程达4.1万公里——2010年总里程达到6.5万公里，国家高速公路网骨架将初步形成

http://www.moc.gov.cn/05news/0601/t20060117_29988.htm
　　
记者从全国交通工作会上获悉，“十一五”期间，我国高速公路建设仍将“高速”进行，五年间，将新建高速公路2.4万公里以上，至2010年，总里程将达到6.5万公里。届时，国家高速公路网骨架将基本形成。
“十五”期间，我国共建成高速公路2.47万公里，是“八五”和“九五”建成高速公路总和的1.5倍，先后跃上了2万公里、3万公里、4万公里三个大台阶，达到4.1万公里，继续稳居世界第二。按《国家高速公路网规划》，我国将用30年左右的时间完成包括7条首都放射线、9条南北纵向线和18条东西横向线共8.5万公里的国家高速公路网。2005年，全国新增高速公路6700公里，“两纵两横三个重要路段”全部建成，山东、广东两省高速公路突破3000公里，江苏、河南、河北三省高速公路突破2000公里，另有14个省、区高速公路突破1000公里。
高速公路已成为经济社会发展的重要助推器，不仅显著提高了运输能力，降低了运输成本，增强了运输安全性，节约了国土资源，而且在改善投资环境、优化产业布局、促进资源开发利用、提高国家经济的机动性、增强国家竞争力、以及保障国防安全等方面，发挥着越来越重要的作用。
目前我国的高速公路与一些发达国家相比，在发展质量、发挥规模效益等方面均存在着差距。交通部部长李盛霖表示，交通部将进一步健全完善已经形成的多元化投融资机制，不断推进高速公路发展。同时切实研究解决高速公路管理、特许经营、滚动发展等问题，理顺管理体制，促进高速公路健康发展。到“十一五”期末，基本形成国家高速公路网骨架，“五纵七横”国道主干线和西部开发省际通道全部建成。其中，东部地区基本形成高速公路网；长江三角洲、珠江三角洲和京津冀地区形成较完善的城际高速公路网；中部地区承东启西、连南接北的高速公路通道基本贯通。
据透露，2006年我国全年将建成高速公路约5000公里。　　　《中国交通报》讯（胡士祥）

目前，全世界已有80多个国家和地区拥有高速公路，通车总里程超过了23万公里。

　　第一名是美国，目前高速公路总长度为8.8万公里，已完成以州际为核心的高速公路网，其总里程约占世界高速公路总里程的一半，连接了所有5万人以上的城镇。

　　第二名是中国，目前突破了3万高速公路。1988年10月31日，上海至嘉定18.5公里高速公路建成通车，使中国大陆有了高速公路。此后17年间，我国高速公路建设突飞猛进：1999年突破1万公里，跃居世界第四位；2000年达到1.6万公里，跃居世界第三；2001年达到1.9万公里，跃居世界第二；2004年8月底突破了3万公里，比世界第三的加拿大多出近一倍。

　　第三名是加拿大，共修建了1.65万公里高速公路，而且不征收车辆通行费，所以路上也没有收费站、检查站。

　　第四名是德国，拥有1.1万公里高速公路，其中波恩至科隆高速公路是世界上第一条高速公路，建于1932年。

　　第五名是法国，目前拥有1万公里高速路，由于采取了大量吸收民间投资的方法，有力地推动了高速公路的建设速度。

2005年1月1日的法国高速公路总长度为1.16万公里（官方出处 (http://www.route.equipement.gouv.fr/RoutesEnFrance/route/p1/ARNA.pdf) ）。2006年约为1.2万公里。

http://www.bjhighway.cn/view/images/jich_12b.jpg
Is this the airport runway passing over the highway? Is this safe?

^^ - yeah, is that safe? well, it looks really impressive. :)

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the Hangzhou pics looks smogy so much.

It's true that some inter city highways do not have much traffic, and reasons for that:
1. Apparently China still does not have many cars, but in 5 - 10 years time this point will be invalid;
2. Besides the highways, there are always cost-nothing so called 1st class country (not sure how to translate it more accurately) ways interconnecting towns and cities (this is the case in my hometown in the northeast province of Heilongjiang). So instead of paying like 50RMB (7 or 8 usd), a lot of people will drive on the country ways to save money. The country ways, a lot of them newly built as well, are very comfortable to drive on too. Of course you don't get much speed, but it's not that slow;
3. As said, to drive in highways, people need to pay a lot. For example, a train fare (fastest) from my town to the provincial capital only cost 25RMB, while going by a car would cost 50RMB toll + petrol, so a lot of use would actually prefer railways, it's safer and cheaper and not necessarily slower. Or at least some people would go on inter town coaches, which save them toll fees as well. All those being said, a lot of car owners in my town are quite rich, some of them would not care about the toll fee, so you still see some cars on the highways:D

Pics i took in Beijing.
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god, so nice..

beijing

if you think Chinese run-way is crazy, you've got to see this one:

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/4/6/3/0984364.jpg

if you think Chinese run-way is crazy, you've got to see this one:

http://photos.airliners.net/photos/middle/4/6/3/0984364.jpg
Is that picture for real?

Wow that's one pic i hope is fake cause its just too wow! lol Can the bridge hold so much weight? Looks dangerous!! Despite this being a highway in china thread i must say Shanghai is one green city. There are parks all over the place.

!!!!!!!

^^
It's for real alright!
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(Singapore)

I think that picure is real. But I guess it's in Singapore.
I wouldn't be too surprised if they had this in Singapore due to lack of land spaces,
but in China, if this kinda thing impose any danger, I don't know why they would have this. Just go to somewhere else to build a new airport for the sake of people's safety!
Fortunately, they are indeed building a new hub in Beijing, so chances are that it getting safe to drive in Beijing:D

That pics is from Guangzhou.

Guangzhou highways: :cheers:

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oh god, so many ferraris:D, yours?

降落南昌昌北机场前，看到的机场高速公路。这条公路是往北（往上）一直通到九江的。我第二天返程时，出租车司机跟我讲，一定要看清机场的出口（图下边这个出口），不然如果没有及时出来，就沿着公路一直跑到九江去了，哈哈！
http://pic.carnoc.com/pic/20060606/200606060251181127.jpg

The impressive thing is the utter lack of traffic.

nice pics but certianly nothing that blew me away

il stick to my North American highways as the "worlds most impressive"

and you would of thought that a country like china would have more than 2-3 lanes.........

ONTARIO has 6 + lane highways............ontario!

:)

The impressive thing is the utter lack of traffic.

These are built in advance and will be full of cars in couple of years.

Ive seen ferraris and that kind of highways in Madrid and I didn't need to creat a thread about it,.

nice pics but certianly nothing that blew me away

il stick to my North American highways as the "worlds most impressive"

and you would of thought that a country like china would have more than 2-3 lanes.........

ONTARIO has 6 + lane highways............ontario!

:)
I was just about to say the same! Still not changing the title? :drool:

They are really beautiful and everything, but you know.. everyone would look at them from a better aspect if you changed the title into sth that wouldn't smash all the other countries. I think everyone should stop with this we're-the-best attitude. This is a good will post. :)

China's highways are not impresive for me. Here A highway from Madrid (SPAIN) posted in other thread and from other places from Spain:

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Fujian highway

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Wow! :eek2:

Beautiful! I wanna take a long road trip across China.

They are building a new highway in the netherlands

only 7 km but costs 700 million euro's :bash:

thats 100million per km :bash:
thats a 100.000 per meter :bash:

arg envirementalist retards are to blame for this

and a :scouserd: government

^^ Is the road made of silver?

They are building a new highway in the netherlands

only 7 km but costs 700 million euro's :bash:

thats 100million per km :bash:
thats a 100.000 per meter :bash:

arg envirementalist retards are to blame for this

and a :scouserd: government

Uh, actually I expected u Dutchies to go nuts after the world cup K.O. yesterday, but this is even beyond my worst fears... :nuts:

http://www.telegraaf.nl/multimedia/archive/01527/A4_midden_delfland_1527981g.jpg

this is where the raod will be build it has actually taken 40! years!!! of debating, because shitty left wing envirementalists kept making new demands ( there are like uhm a few tree's cows bird and maybe even bunny's )

but it looks like they will finally start contruction
i guess everyone will accept the costs because not building it costs even more money.. the cities have all agreed and everyone is finally happy ( except the envirementalists who are thinking and plotting new evil scams to stop it

so dont be suprised when they suddenly find some precious little hamster thats unique to the world like they tend to do when trying to block contruction projects :P

edit : when you look at the picture i live in the small area above A20 :)

hey
THANKS for so many nice pictures. I looked thru whole thread. chinese highways look almost same as highways here in europe..
I would love to take a car and drive across whole China :-) some places are realy amazing

Those freeways look nice, but not impressive.

^ I'd say freeways as freeways, but the nature is gorgeous. And the freeways' surroundings are very settled and tidy.

i know that almost no one will be able to answer the question, but why the hell didnt they just build a short tunnel instead of that loop?
A tunnel over there would have been quite short.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/fj8.jpg

:scouserd:

^^
So they don't desrtroy the delicate ecosystem of that river. (It's where the Giant Pandas live... you don't want them to go extinct now do you?!)

i know that almost no one will be able to answer the question, but why the hell didnt they just build a short tunnel instead of that loop?
A tunnel over there would have been quite short.....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/hiddendragon99/Highway/fj8.jpg

:scouserd:

Maybe it has something to do with fengshui. :D

great pics. nice freeways. :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

Pics are scary. Even though china is developing it is still communist and in 5 more years India will be Number 1 economy in the World. Now it is in the fourth. India is a democray!!

I really donot think so. I feel that china and other EU democratic countries doesnot have any difference in the economic area and china's economic growth is :eek2: .

:eek2: impresive, just keep building it..! i love watching those empty highways, gimme more!!

hi man look at this http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=370024

somebody explained before that most of the pics were made before those highways open. :scouserd:
it is good to see people show something to us. what I always do is if I like this thread I will enjoy it. if I donot so I will leave it. we have to respect peoples hard working. :)

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I am confused. why did you post two threads regard the some topic.

More more more!

I imagine in a few years they will regret all the landscaping that was done, no way they will be able to keep that groomed.
I wouldn't underestimate how cheap they can find labor. ;)

Chinese drivers scare me!

awesome highways with no traffic jams. I wonder if China builds their impressive highways first and then buy cars later. :)

These are really good looking roads, new and very good looking, but too bad almost nobody uses it. But when industry and business moves more inland, like towards the western areas thses high ways are going to become very congested, 2-3 lanes will not be able to support such a huge traffic load, and china will then have to make changes to these roads which will take as much money as building them, casuing huge money problems.

i know that almost no one will be able to answer the question, but why the hell didnt they just build a short tunnel instead of that loop?
A tunnel over there would have been quite short.....

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The Chinese have too much money to spend and they love driving. :jk: :hahaha:

nice pics but certianly nothing that blew me away

il stick to my North American highways as the "worlds most impressive"

and you would of thought that a country like china would have more than 2-3 lanes.........

ONTARIO has 6 + lane highways............ontario!

:)


Did you even look at all the pictures? Theres freeways more than 2-3 lanes you know:
http://www.skyscrapers.cn/forum/attachments/sKiuYbzTvvQ=_odkUFRnNWOfe.gif

The impressive thing is the utter lack of traffic.

Its actually a good thing, an automobile dependent society like the states isn't a good thing. I sit through an hour traffic each day to get to and from work. Most of the freeway pics you see are new therefore the lack of traffic is understandable and the car ownership rate isn't as high as those of USA. Also these are rural freeways, would you expect a freeway from LA to Las Vegas to be crowded during regular days? Of course not.

heres your traffic pics:

http://img3.3lian.com/2006/026/30/010.jpg
http://www.mathiasen.com/graphics/china2005/beijing/beijing_traffic.jpg
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Roads are built to boost local economy. When the economy is boosted, these roads will see more vehicles on them. It should NOT be the other way round, like you have more cars and then need to build more roads, because if towns and cities are less well connected, people have less chances to make money therefore less money to afford cars, and therefore no need to build roads, so you end up in a deadlock.
Also, China plans ahead, because the trend is more and more people are starting buying cars. E.g. in Beijing itself (15m residents) number of new cars registered PER DAY is around 1000. So you see how fast these roads are going to be filled up.
In China, a famous says is: if you want to be rich, you have to first build roads.

when you look at the population density in the states and in china, theres no way, that china will be a automobile society like the USA. You would have to pave have of china with concrete. Imagine, in the US you have statistically about 1 car per citizen, so you would have to create roadspace(and parking space) for 1.4 bln cars on the long run......
You would have to make 20 lanes each direction heading into the big cities like shanghai or Chongquing.... that would never work.

IMO china will stay devided---into a small amount of people who will be able to afford and drive a car and a huge amount of people who will stay with the public transport...
Its good that china invests so much into the construction of bullet trains and so on, but to prevent the country from an entire traffic collapse, railways(and maglevs) will be the only solution....

Shanghai Suburb

pics by Hidden Dragon:

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=200134

Great and impressive thread !

great thread, i read all these pics and comments for 1.5 hours.
continue. buying a car is more popular in china, as the car price sinking down, more and more family can aford a car.

The answer is very simple:

No, it doesn't.

The answer is very simple:

No, it doesn't.

china is right hand drive?

no i think India and Britain are the only countries with right hand drive

^^
China is the right-hand-drive country too.

no i think India and Britain are the only countries with right hand drive

And Pakistan, Japan, Australia, South Africa I think too.

^^and almost all asian countries afaik

^^and almost all asian countries afaik

Not in China and Indochina.

And Pakistan, Japan, Australia, South Africa I think too.
And Hongkong and Malaysia.

Cyprus too

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i know that almost no one will be able to answer the question, but why the hell didnt they just build a short tunnel instead of that loop?
A tunnel over there would have been quite short.....

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:scouserd:
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They are cool. But wait and see what they look like when they are about 10 years old.

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It's not impressive, but they are nice. But once you leave those freeway systems, it turns into old dirt roads or beat up streets. Plus they are all empty.

It's not impressive, but they are nice. But once you leave those freeway systems, it turns into old dirt roads or beat up streets. Plus they are all empty.
are you sure about this? old dirt roads?

Old dirt roads? Have you been to China?
I can promise you that China's road system is much better maintained than that of the US. It's freeways look much better as well.

It's not impressive, but they are nice. But once you leave those freeway systems, it turns into old dirt roads or beat up streets. Plus they are all empty.

:runaway:

show you some roads except those freeways(sorry I just can find those old pics)
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Really impressive!!

China is building in 20 years what the other developed countries took a century to build!!!

whats so special about those chinese highways?
so many countries these days have modernized highways and superhighways, i dont find anything special bout the chinese highways, well its my opinions cant argue.

Good job on the infastructure China. I still say India and China should unite and give each other their experties. One has hard power. The other has soft power. They would be unstoppable.

whats so special about those chinese highways?
so many countries these days have modernized highways and superhighways, i dont find anything special bout the chinese highways, well its my opinions cant argue.
yes, there is no special. but considering china is a developing country, and built such a great lengh of highways with high standard, i have to say, it's impressive.

whats so special about those chinese highways?
so many countries these days have modernized highways and superhighways, i dont find anything special bout the chinese highways, well its my opinions cant argue.
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this is where the raod will be build it has actually taken 40! years!!! of debating, because shitty left wing envirementalists kept making new demands ( there are like uhm a few tree's cows bird and maybe even bunny's )

but it looks like they will finally start contruction
i guess everyone will accept the costs because not building it costs even more money.. the cities have all agreed and everyone is finally happy ( except the envirementalists who are thinking and plotting new evil scams to stop it

so dont be suprised when they suddenly find some precious little hamster thats unique to the world like they tend to do when trying to block contruction projects :P

edit : when you look at the picture i live in the small area above A20 :)
this usually happens in Australia as well. Lots of SHIT greenies and NIMBY's having a sook when a freeway is proposed.

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Whats that on the rendering?

Whats that on the rendering?

Zhengzhou CBD

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The highways are really wonderful ......now "good" "better" "best" all these are very relative terms ....I consider German Highways to be the best.

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Nice freeways

Artistic!!

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Hey VVVV, wonderful selection of pics. One thing that I hope China can learn from the US is how important maintaining these beautiful highways as they are. They may look great for the first 10 years, but trust me, just look at the US interstate system to see what can happen if neglected. Here in Florida it is atrocious in some areas how neglected our highways are....most were built in the 60's and 70's, and now are really showing age. Most of our right of ways are not maintained as they should be anyways, with weeds and brush constantly in an overgrown state. I hope China will not make the same mistakes!

Hey VVVV, wonderful selection of pics. One thing that I hope China can learn from the US is how important maintaining these beautiful highways as they are. They may look great for the first 10 years, but trust me, just look at the US interstate system to see what can happen if neglected. Here in Florida it is atrocious in some areas how neglected our highways are....most were built in the 60's and 70's, and now are really showing age. Most of our right of ways are not maintained as they should be anyways, with weeds and brush constantly in an overgrown state. I hope China will not make the same mistakes!


You're right about the US freeways, I didn't know it was bad in Florida too. In California the freeways are getting old and they've been patching up the entire S. California freeway this year but still a lot of work needs to be done. Theres huge pot holes after each rainstorm in LA and they're usually deep too.
China should follow the examples of Europe or Japan, especially Japan where their freeways are always so clean and maintained, just like new.

You're right about the US freeways, I didn't know it was bad in Florida too. In California the freeways are getting old and they've been patching up the entire S. California freeway this year but still a lot of work needs to be done. Theres huge pot holes after each rainstorm in LA and they're usually deep too.
China should follow the examples of Europe or Japan, especially Japan where their freeways are always so clean and maintained, just like new.
China are different from US for its much cheaper labor cost. I think the road maintenance it should not be a big problem. I heard many highways includin the Beijing airport highway is under maintenance currently.

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