G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway

The Beijing–Shanghai Expressway designated as G2 and commonly abbreviated as the Jinghu Expressway is a major expressway of China, linking the capital Beijing in the north to Shanghai on the central coast. It extends 1262 kilometres in length, and was finished in 2006Template:Citation needed.

The expressway's name, Jinghu, is a combination of the two cities' one-character Chinese abbreviations: Jing stands for Beijing, while Hu stands for Shanghai. The trip from Beijing to Shanghai by automobile takes about ten hours with multiple drivers taking shifts and under good road conditions.<ref>Chinese laws does not allow a single driver drive continuously for more than 4 hours without rest.Template:Citation needed</ref>

Route

The expressway crosses the Yangtze River over the Jiangyin Suspension Bridge

The expressway passes the following major cities:

• Beijing
• Langfang, Hebei
• Tianjin
• Cangzhou, Hebei
• Dezhou, Shandong
• Jinan, Shandong
• Laiwu, Shandong
• Linyi, Shandong
• Huaian, Jiangsu
• Yangzhou, Jiangsu
• Taizhou, Jiangsu
• Wuxi, Jiangsu
• Suzhou, Jiangsu
• Shanghai

Interchanges

From Beijing
0	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	East 3rd Ring Road File:BJS Line 10 icon.svg Shilihe Station South 3rd Ring Road
1 A-B	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	East 4th Ring Road South 4th Ring Road
3 A-B		East S50 5th Ring Road South S50 5th Ring Road
Beijing Metropolitan Area
Dayangfang Toll Station
Majuqiao Service Area
13 A-B		File:China Expwy G45 sign with name.svgFile:China Expwy G4501 sign with name.svg G45-East G4501 6th Ring Road File:China Expwy G45 sign with name.svgFile:China Expwy G4501 sign with name.svg G45-South G4501 6th Ring Road
		File:China County Road X004.svg X004 Road File:China County Road X301.svg X301 Road
File:Police Badge of China.svg Beijing Yingsi Inspection Station
Beijing City Hebei Province
Langfang Metropolitan Area
		Beihuan Road Chuangye Road Langfang-Centre
Langfang Metropolitan Area
Hebei Province Tianjin City
		File:Tianjin Expwy S40 sign no name.svg S40 Jingjintang Expressway Towards File:Tianjin Expwy S30 sign no name.svg S30 Jingjin Expressway
Sicundian Service Area
		G104 Road G105 Road
		Error creating thumbnail: G3 Jingtai Expressway G2501 Binbao Expressway
Concurrent with Error creating thumbnail: G3 Jingtai Expressway
		S112 Road
Wanqingtuo Service Area
		G18 Rongwu Expressway S7 Jinbao Expressway
Concurrent with G18 Rongwu Expressway
Tianjin Metropolitan Area
Concurrent with G18 Rongwu Expressway
		G18 Rongwu Expressway
Tianjin Metropolitan Area
		S310 Road Towards G104 Road
		S116 Road S311 Road Towards Jinghai
Jinghai Service Area
		S380 Road Towards G104 Road
		S313 Road Towards G104 Road
		S60 Binshi Expressway (To be renamed G0211 Jinshi Expressway)
		S6 Jincang Expressway
Tangguantun Service Area
Tangguantun Toll Station
Tianjin City Hebei Province
Qingxian Service Area
		S021 Road Towards Qingxian
Concurrent with Error creating thumbnail: G3 Jingtai Expressway
		Error creating thumbnail: G3 Jingtai Expressway S3 Langcang Expressway
Cangzhou Metropolitan Area
		Towards S331 Road
Cangzhou Metropolitan Area
		G104 Road G105 Road
		File:Kokudou 307(China).svg G307 Road
		G1811 Huangshi Expressway
File:CN road sign 警 36.svg Under Construction File:CN road sign 警 36.svg
Hebei Province Shandong Province
		File:Shandong Expwy S12 sign no name.svg S12 Binde Expressway
		File:Shoudou 316(China).svg S316 Road
		File:Shoudou 249(China).svg S249 Road Linyi-Duoshi
		File:CN road sign 警 36.svgFile:China Expwy G2516 sign with name.svg G2516 Donglu Expressway
After Assignment, will be concurrent with File:CN road sign 警 36.svgFile:China Expwy G2516 sign with name.svg G2516 Donglu Expressway
		File:China County Road X201.svg X201 Road File:China County Road X207.svg X207 Road
Service Area
File:CN road sign 警 36.svg Under Construction File:CN road sign 警 36.svg
After Assignment, will be concurrent with File:CN road sign 警 36.svgFile:China Expwy G2516 sign with name.svg G2516 Donglu Expressway
		File:China Expwy G20 sign with name.svgFile:China Expwy G2001 sign with name.svg G20-G2001 Jinan Ring Expressway (After assignment, File:China Expwy G2516 sign with name.svg G2516 Donglu Expressway will be concurrent)
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G2001 sign with name.svg G2001 Jinan Ring Expressway concurrent with File:China Expwy G20 sign with name.svg G20 Qingyin Expressway
		File:Kokudou 220(China).svg G220 Road
File:AB-Brücke.svg Third Jinan Bridge
		File:China County Road X054.svg X054 Road
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G20 sign with name.svg G20 Qingyin Expressway
		File:China Expwy G20 sign with name.svg G20 Qingyin Expressway
		File:China Expwy G35 sign with name.svg G35 Jiguang Expressway
		File:Shoudou 102(China).svg S102 Road
Service Area
		File:Kokudou 309(China).svg G309 Road
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G2001 sign with name.svg G2001 Jinan Ring Expressway
		File:China Expwy G2001 sign with name.svg G2001 Jinan Ring Expressway Gangjiu Road
		File:China County Road X051.svg X051
		File:China County Road X004.svg X004
Zhangqiu Service Area
		File:Shoudou 243(China).svg S243 Road File:Shoudou 244(China).svg S244 Road Towards Zhangqiu
		File:Shoudou 327(China).svg S327 Road Towards Boshan
Xueyehu Service Area
		File:Shoudou 242(China).svg S242 Road Towards Laiwu
Laiwu Service Area
		Towards File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road
		File:China Expwy G22 sign with name.svg G22 Qinglan Expressway File:Shandong Expwy S29 sign no name.svg S29 Binlai Expressway
Laiwu Service Area
		File:Shoudou 329(China).svg S329 Road Towards Laiwu
		File:Shandong Expwy S26 sign no name.svg S29 Laitai Expressway
		File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road Gangcheng
Xintai Service Area
		File:Shandong Expwy S31 sign no name.svg S31 Taixin Expressway
		File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road Mengyin
		File:China County Road X014.svg X014 Road Towards File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road Dongzhuang
Yinan Service Area
		File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road File:Shoudou 229(China).svg S229 Road
		File:China Expwy G1511 sign with name.svg G1511 Rilan Expressway
Linyi Metropolitan Area
Linyi Service Area
625		File:Kokudou 327(China).svg G327 Road Linyi
		File:Kokudou 206(China).svg G206 Road
Linyi Metropolitan Area
		File:Shandong Expwy S38 sign no name.svg S38 Lancao Expressway
		File:Kokudou 206(China).svg G206 Road
		File:Shoudou 232(China).svg S232 Road Towards Tancheng
Tancheng Service Area
		File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road Towards Xinyi
Lusushengjie Toll Station
Shandong Province Jiangsu Province
		File:Jiangsu Expwy S49 sign with name.svg S49 Xinyang Expressway
719		File:Shoudou 323(China).svg S323 Road Towards Tancheng
		File:China Expwy G30 sign with name.svg G30 Lianhuo Epressway
Xinyi Service Area
		X565 Road
		File:Shoudou 245(China).svg S245 Road Towards Shuyang
Shuyang Service Area
		File:Shoudou 324(China).svg S324 Road File:Shoudou 326(China).svg S326 Road
781		File:Kokudou 205(China).svg G205 Road
Huai'an-Chuanxing Service Area
		File:Shoudou 236(China).svg S236 Road Towards Huai'an
819		File:China Expwy G25 sign with name.svg G25 Changshen Expressway
		File:Shoudou 237(China).svg S237 Road Huai'an
		File:China County Road X101.svg X101 Road File:Shoudou 237(China).svg S237 Road Huai'an
		File:China Expwy G2513 sign with name.svg G2513 Huaixu Expressway File:Jiangsu Expwy S18 sign with name.svg S18 Yanhuai Expressway
Huai'an-Liudong Service Area
		File:China County Road X301.svg X301 Road Towards Caodian
		S331 Road Baoying
Fanshui Service Area
		File:Shoudou 332(China).svg S332 Road towards Jinhu
		File:Shoudou 333(China).svg S333 Road Gaoyou
Longben Service Area
		File:China County Road X023.svg X023 Road File:China County Road X308.svg X308 Road Towards Baqiao-Cheluo
		File:China County Road X205.svg X205 Road Towards Shaobo-Zhenwu
		File:Jiangsu Expwy S28 sign with name.svg S28 Qiyang Expressway
		File:Kokudou 328(China).svg G328 Road Towards Jiangdu
		File:China Expwy G40 sign with name.svg G40 Hushan Expressway
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G40 sign with name.svg G40 Hushan Expressway
Zhengyi Service Area
	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	File:Shoudou 231(China).svg S231 Road Towards Taizhou-Gaogang
		File:Jiangsu Expwy S35 sign with name.svg S35 Taizhen Expressway
Xuanbao Service Area
		File:Shoudou 232(China).svg S232 Road Towards Taixing File:China County Road X209.svg X209 Road
		File:Shoudou 334(China).svg S232 Road Towards Taixing-Huangqiao
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G40 sign with name.svg G40 Hushan Expressway
		File:China Expwy G40 sign with name.svg G40 Hushan Expressway File:Jiangsu Expwy S29 sign with name.svg S29 Yanjing Expressway
Guangling Service Area
		File:Shoudou 229(China).svg S229 Road File:Shoudou 336(China).svg S336 Road Jingjiang
		File:Shoudou 336(China).svg S336 Road Jingjiang
Jiangyin Bridge Toll Station
File:AB-Brücke.svg Jiangyin Bridge
		Benjiang Middle Road File:China County Road X301.svg X301 Road Jiangyin
		File:Shoudou 338(China).svg S338 Road File:Shoudou 340(China).svg S340 Road Jiangyin
		File:Jiangsu Expwy S38 sign with name.svg S38 Changhe Expressway
		File:China County Road X305.svg X305 Road
Yanqiao Service Area
		File:China Expwy G42 sign with name.svg G42 Hurong Expressway Tongjiang Avenue Wuxi
Concurrent with File:China Expwy G42 sign with name.svg G42 Hurong Expressway
	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	Taihu Avenue
Wuxi Metropolitan Area
Meicun Service Area
		File:Kokudou 312(China).svg G312 Road File:China County Road X204.svg X204 Road File:BSicon FLUGg.svg Sunan Shuofang International Airport
(115 A-B)		File:Jiangsu Expwy S19 sign with name.svg S19 Tongxi Expressway
Wuxi Metropolitan Area
Suzhou Metropolitan Area
(122 A-B)		File:Jiangsu Expwy S9 sign with name.svg S9 Sushao Expressway
(133)	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	Xihuang Highway Suzhou New District File:Kokudou 312(China).svg G312 Road
Suzhou Metropolitan Area
(140 A-B-C)		File:Shoudou 338(China).svg S338 Road Suzhou File:China Expwy G15W sign with name.svg G15W Changtai Expressway
Suzhou Metropolitan Area
Yangchenghu Service Area
		Xindai Avenue
Suzhou Metropolitan Area
(164 A-B)		File:Jiangsu Expwy S5 sign with name.svg S5 Changjia Expressway
(172)		File:Shoudou 224(China).svg S224 Road Towards Kunshan-Zhangpu
		File:China County Road X202.svg X202 Road Huaqiao Huaqiao Railway Station
Jiangqiao Toll Station
		File:China County Road X020.svg X020 Road
Huaqiao Toll Station
(196 A-B-C)		File:China Expwy G1501SH sign with name.svg G1501 Shanghai Ring Expressway File:China County Road X191.svg X191 Road File:Shanghai Metro logo.svg File:SML11.svg Anting Station
Jiangsu Province Shanghai City
(203)		File:Shoudou 224(China).svg S224 Jiasong Highway
(206)		File:China Expwy G15 sign with name.svg G15 Shenhai Expressway
Shanghai Metropolitan Area
Jiangqiao Toll Station
(217 A-B)		File:Shanghai Expwy S20 sign with name.svg S20 Outer Expressway
		File:Kokudou 312(China).svg Cao'an Highway
	File:AB-Kreuz-blaugrün.svg	Middle Ring Road
Continues as: Wuning Road
Towards Beijing

See also

• Jiangyin Suspension Bridge over the Yangtze River

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