Motorway openings around the world

[ChrisZwolle]

December 1

The first part of the Manor Expressway, a toll road, opens in the Austin, Texas area today. It's just over a mile long and includes a stack interchange with US 183 which will open gradually over the next week or so.

The Manor Expressway will be completed in 2014, running to just east of SH 130 toll road.

[cardu]

today opens in Portugal 7 miles of A13-1 connection Condeixa (A1) to Penela.

[italystf]

Originally Posted by cardu

today opens in Portugal 7 miles of A13-1 connection Condeixa (A1) to Penela.

Did Portugal switch to the Imperial system?

[ChrisZwolle]

3 December 2012

A 7.3 kilometer section of the Waikato Expressway opens around Te Rapa (near Hamilton).

[ChrisZwolle]

3 December 2012

The last 33 kilometer section of the Hyderabad Outer Ring Road opened to traffic today.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4160890.ece

[ChrisZwolle]

3 December 2012

A 4.5 kilometer section of A94 opened today in southern Germany, stretching from Heldenstein to Ampfing. It was a duplication of the existing B12 and includes a short tunnel near Ampfing.

[PascalPascal2010]

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

3 December 2012

A 4.5 kilometer section of A94 opened today in southern Germany, stretching from Heldenstein to Ampfing. It was a duplication of the existing B12 and includes a short tunnel near Ampfing.

The motorway is still not opened. They are doing some kind of investigation on it. The whole traffic now goes through Ampfing and that causes big traffic jams, because the old B12 isn´t usable anymore.

[Le Clerk]

Romania: 7.3 km of expressway linking Dacia plant to A1 near Pitesti.

[ChrisZwolle]

5 December 2012

A 6.4 kilometer section of A33 in Bielefeld opened to traffic. It runs from B61 at Bielefeld-Zentrum to A2 at Kreuz Bielefeld.

Die A33 wächst: Nächster Abschnitt bei Bielefeld freigegeben

[mgk920]

I-781, approximately 7 km long, connecting the main gate of Fort Drum (USArmy) by US 11 with I-81 a short distance north of Watertown, NY, will open for traffic on the morning of Thursday, 2012-12-06.

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/a...WS09/712059721

Location:
http://binged.it/WK2duS

Mike

[PovilD]

5 December 2012

7,2 km of expressway opened in Lithuania. It bypasses Kairiai town near Šiauliai.

Location

Now you can go all the way from Šiauliai to Radviliskis by expressway

[CNGL]

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

5 December 2012

A 6.4 kilometer section of A33 in Bielefeld opened to traffic. It runs from B61 at Bielefeld-Zentrum to A2 at Kreuz Bielefeld.

Die A33 wächst: Nächster Abschnitt bei Bielefeld freigegeben

Bielefeld doesn't exist!

8th December 2012: A new alignement for G40 between Yangzhou and Nanjing has opened to traffic. 76 km. Apparently the old expressway was substandard. It will remain as G328.

[CNGL]

And I figured out what is the expressway they opened on 5th December near Hefei: The new airport expressway, even if the airport isn't operative yet. 17,6 km.

[ChrisZwolle]

7 - 10 December 2012

Various segments of the E45 reconstruction between Göteborg and Trollhättan opened to traffic over the weekend. It was part of a nearly 60 kilometer reconstruction of the E45 to a 4-lane motorway.

http://www.trafikverket.se/Privat/Pr...i-dagarna-tre/

[ChrisZwolle]

12 December 2012

A 41 kilometer section of the new Jiqi Expressway opened in Henan province, around the city of Yongcheng. It is part of a 606 kilometer expressway project from Jining, Shandong to Qimen, Anhui. Most of the route lies in Anhui province.

[ChrisZwolle]

9 December 2012

A 15 kilometer section of the Kochi Expressway on Shikoku Island opened to traffic on 9 December 2012, along the south coast between Nakatosa and Shimanto. It is initially a two-lane expressway, as is common in Japan in less densely populated areas.

[mgk920]

Ongoing needed upgrades to US 71 in Missouri, USA, running from I-435/470 in Kansas City, MO southwards to Pineville, MO (just north of the Arkansas state line), about 290 km, are complete and the highway is now I-49.

http://www.nevadadailymail.com/story/1921387.html

http://modot.org/southwest/major_pro...Conversion.htm

Location:
http://goo.gl/maps/WLb69

Mike

[spacetweek]

Originally Posted by mgk920

http://www.nevadadailymail.com/story/1921387.html

Haha - I was confused why the state of Nevada would be reporting on an Arkansas highway project until I realised it was a newspaper for Nevada, MO

[spacetweek]

Originally Posted by ChrisZwolle

9 December 2012

A 15 kilometer section of the Kochi Expressway on Shikoku Island opened to traffic on 9 December 2012, along the south coast between Nakatosa and Shimanto. It is initially a two-lane expressway, as is common in Japan in less densely populated areas.

Just to clarify, that is Shimanto-cho and not Shimanto (which is a different city). The expressway section is between these two points.
I notice a tunnel is part of the project, I wonder if this is 2-lane aswell. To widen it would cost a lot.

[ko7]

Originally Posted by spacetweek

Just to clarify, that is Shimanto-cho and not Shimanto (which is a different city). The expressway section is between these two points.
I notice a tunnel is part of the project, I wonder if this is 2-lane aswell. To widen it would cost a lot.

Thanks for the clarification. I spend some time trying to understand how 15km in this thread translates to 40km between Nakatosa and Shimanto. I even tried to read the Japanese Wikipedia using google translate. At least they had a link to a map of the project.
To have two cities so close with similar name can be quit confusing.

As for the tunnel, I believe it is possible to built another tube parallel to the first one. That way if they want to widen the road you don't have any work to do in the existing tunnel (except for a few signalisation changes).